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YMS lay your strop on the edge of a table and strop, this eliminates the "Droop" variable... See if that shows up as a better shave, if not then you eliminated one variable.. and you can continue...

Hmmm explain it I don't think I can, it don't mean doing little honing circles though, it is an overall pattern, a big circle or really an oval as you strop...
It moves the razor totally across the...

The animation is perfect Bart :rock::rock:

As to the patterns and the sizes it is all rather simple....

Depending on the razor and the width of the strop, you have to use a pattern the allows...

Beberlin linked the Wiki on stropping which actually has quite good info, but I have to sorta agree with Alan's joke/statement at the Meet Up practice with a dull butter knife to get the muscle...

This has always been my one tip for learning to strop correctly to new guys... Pay attention to the spine while stropping, if the spine moves correctly on the strop the edge will follow... Huge +1...

Something I realized at the NC meet up this past weekend....
STROPPING is by far the weakest skill that new guys have that is SOOOooooooo important to a good shave.....

You really need to work...