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Feltspanky, thank you for the thread. You are a scholar and gentleman. Thanks to everyone who responded and gave me great suggestions.

Ok. It's frustrating because the middle section of the strop isn't even being touched by my razor, just the two ends where the strop curls.

I guess I could bend them. I have the strop hanging on hook right now with a 15 lbs dumbbell at the bottom. I think this might help.

When I attach it to the radiator, I am sitting down next to it. I pull it tight and hold the square metal piece only. The strop is pretty much horizontal.

My strop isn't attached to anything. I keep it in the bathroom behind the door. When I strop, I put it on the side of a radiator that has a piece of metal sticking out. I pull the strop tight and...

Yes. My strop looks just like that.

Thanks for the suggestion. I have a Dovo "Col Ichibod Conk" #185 Straight Razor Strop. I do not know what you mean by "bow in the back of the d-ring"?

My strop curls on both ends making it impossible to strop. Does anyone know how to correct the curling of the edges? I put oil on the edges but to no avail. Thanks.