Quote Originally Posted by Gasman View Post
the edge is trailing on the flat. ON THE FLAT, not with the strop rolling up over the edge. THAT is the difference that is hard on an edge.
This is an interesting observation for me...

It took me a lot longer to get to a reasonable level of razor stropping than it did honing. I should have read up more about it tbh, but just went with trial and error mostly. And the technique I've settled on as giving me the best and easiest edges involves having the strop pulled taught - maybe a little tighter than your man Finnegan in the video - but not really tight. Then applying a bit of pressure on the spine, but just touching the edge very lightly on the strop during the stroke.

And I wondered why that worked, as I thought I was probably meant to be pulling the strop tighter... It hadn't actually occurred to me that this technique, if you watch it in slow motion as you say, actually results in the strop being flat at and behind where the edge is making contact. So you don't round the edge.

Good to know why what I've found works for me is actually correct!