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I doubt it, since there are bunches of us using them with no problems. In fact they eliminate a lot of common stropping problems. However, you should know that hanging strops can cup also.

El Divo -- I think bruseth's theory is flawed...specifically...if what he theorizes were to happen, as least as I understand his explanation, the leather side would be convex, with the "hump" in the...

Use the X stroke, keep the shoulder off the strop and don't use a lot of pressure.

The answer Lynn just posted is what I was trying to get at, before there was a picture, Pielfixed. I thought maybe a warp or a frown could be spotted by the OP on a flat surface.

No, if you put your blade in the stropping like position on a flat surface, like a kitchen counter GENTLY, can you see light between the blade and counter?