Thanks Marty. Yeah that's sort of what I do. I like being able to control the pressure that way to have a light touch. Seems like you get good feedback. Thanks
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@Euclid440: Thanks for the advice about how to hold the tangs. It does make a difference not only in rolling but insuring that the blade maintains contact with the strop.
You know Obie since stropping is your favorite activity why not make it a theme in your next novel?
I can see it now. Following a vintage strop from it's creation in say 1920 through an SRP member today and their life stories and how they might have crossed paths and intermingled without ever knowing it. Maybe the way the strop may have affected their lives like the guy at the factory who while cutting the leather accidentally cut 3 fingers off. if it's a best seller I want a cut though-har har.
I am getting much better results since I slowed down and paid attention to the edge maintaining contact with the strop. And slowing down is not a negative. As someone else said, stropping gets you into a kind of zen state and I find myself doing 100+ laps.