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Thanks to everyone for the advice you have given me.

Here is where we stand. I have been practicing at a very slow stropping speed, making sure that the spine stays in contact at all times, I...

Thanks for that video post. Very instructive. It looks like I am a lot closer to that than previously when I assulted my strop.

Just did 80 strokes with a Wade and Butcher. I slowed it down, locked my wrist, watched carefully to lift the edge but not the spine before flipping. Not a single nick in either direction. I will...

Ok, it seems like the consensus is spine on strop at all times. I have been trying to practice in the air off of the strop, but the nicks are so tiny that I can't really tell if I am doing it...

Well, I have no idea what is happening now. But last night I made hamburger out of the lower right corner of my strop while trying to keep the spine on the strop for the flip. As long as I lift the...

Thanks. I re-read that article and the manual. I think I know what I am doing wrong.

Group,

When you get to the end of your stroke on the strop, do you tend to lift the razor before the flip, or do you flip with the spine still on the strop and reverse direction?

I have seen...