Quote Originally Posted by Phrank View Post
Stropping can definitely alter a blade...still after more than a year, I pay very close attention to my stropping technique. Spine flat on the strop, properly rolling the blade without lifting it off the strop....all it take is to roll the edge of a few blades until that lesson get's painful!!
? Rolling the blade without lifting it off the strop ... That sounds ominous. I routinely lift the blade off the strop because of my dread of nicking the leather. Am I inadvertently doing myself a disservice here?