Congrats on a great razor. I have two Revisors, a 6/8 and a 7/8. I don't know anything about keeping the spine off the strop. I would avoid that for the already known reasons and rack it up to a translation issue (German to English?). I don't see how you can harm the razor by stropping in the traditional manner yet risk ruining the edge by stropping with the spine off of the strop. Also, have a good look at the edge. You may have gotten a shave off of it out of the box but the two I have needed work to get the best out of them. The edges were sharp but rather crude. They take awesome edges. Congrats and good luck. And one last thing. Where's the pic? Is this a new policy around here of no pics? We want a pic.