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I do think you have more control of normal width strops without handles. On the really wide ones the handle may help keep it reasonably flat but again, as you found tension makes a difference as...

Most older strops did not have handles from what I have seen as well. Illinois top of the line model, the #361 has no handles either while their lesser #127, 827 and 835 strops do. Most older eBay...