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Garry,
I wouldn't be too concerned about the stropping noise not being there. I have some razors that make no noise at all on the leather surface. All of them make noise on the linen surface, but...

Your's is the strop I use. I love the feel of the linen side so I use it, just not in the morning. I will have to try doing the lather up thing before stropping.
-Fred

I do both. I try to strop with linen then leather right before I shave. There are days that the stropping noises are too loud so I have to do some stropping at night and a leather only stropping...