I slowed way down today during stropping. It helps. What I noticed as I pushed the blade away was that the spine made contact with the strop but I was lifting the blade off of it. So I paid attention with each stroke. Stropped 100 times being careful to note the blade on the strop with each stroke. What a difference. Easily passed the HHT and what a wonderful shave I got from the razor. And I did all of this because of advice here at SRP. Thanks for all the good advice.