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My final result was taut, using light pressure, and the strop impregnated with soap. But, that doesn't mean I would conclude there was no benefit from other options.

What I was looking for was...

Oh, that is interesting. I've read that hanging strops were invented to handle the new fangled full hollow razors. Those are the only kind I own. So I guess I'm surprised that the wedge takes more...

No, but my strop has been around for years. If it gets wet though it can do that. Might just need to dry a bit.

I'm not sure. I read about bar soap a long time ago. I think at some point I realized that I just needed more friction! I've tried a lot of things, even soap before. This time I think it was the...

Just thought I would share some stropping experiment/observations I did today.

I decided to do some stropping experiments to evaluate some theories I have developed on strop deflection, slack,...