Quote Originally Posted by holli4pirating View Post
If I strop as I usually do, then the balsa does not deform, so I really don't think the edge is getting any paste. I used the pressure to see what it would take to get the balsa to deform so the edge would get on the paste.

I can't really feel the difference between paste and not, so that wouldn't help me.
You don't need to use pressure to get the benefits of chrome-on-balsa. As long as the paste is applied correctly and the razor is stropped correctly, the edge is getting paste; in the end your face will tell you as much. If you can't tell the difference something is wrong.