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Yea, stropping is a double edged sword. I have buggered up perfectly good edges by improper stropping.

There is enough deflection in a strop when stropping that taping a spine is not necessary. ...

Ain't that the truth and for some of us less coordinated souls the second one too but not as badly.

Bob

The pro for using a 3 inch strop is that you will not have to learn to do X strokes while stropping and the con is they cost more. The reverse is true of 2 inch strops. Personally I went for the 3...