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X-pattern stropping on a 1.5 x 9" strop will be less effective, more time consuming, etc. than X-pattern stropping on a 2.5 x 20" strop.

You don't HAVE to switch the paddings, it's just there as an option to have more surfaces with less hardware. Pretty clever design. I put a sheet of magnetic vinyl (from Home Depot, sold as cut-out...

I learned on a hanging strop and added an SRD modular paddle strop last December. I prefer the hanging strop because I feel it swivels to remain flat under the blade. My stropping stroke is not...