Originally Posted by
ryanjewell
Strop light, but not too light...another new guy was stropping so lightly it wasn't really effective and the blade quit cutting.
Make sure the strop is taut and when I use a hanging strop I use enough pressure where there is a little give in the tension of the middle of the strop. But I am not PUSHING down...I hope you understand what I'm trying to explain...some guys are so worried about rolling the edge while stropping they act like the razor is a feather they are running over the strop. That will decrease cutting ability pretty quickly as well...