Originally Posted by
Leighton
While I cannot help you with your honing per say, I can offer some good advice about stropping.
Step 1: Attach the strop to something strong.
Step 2: Pull the strop extremely tight. As tight as you can, heck, if you think you can lean on it without pulling it out, try that. That said, your arms can pull the leather taught enough, think of it like a micro workout. :biggrin:
Step 3: GO SLOWLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cannot stress step three enough. Go very very slow. The razor should feel like the blade is sticking to the strop.