Originally Posted by
ace
If you are finger-flipping the blade while stropping, then pressure will naturally be minimal. Also, if you keep the strop fairly taut, with perhaps an inch of difference between the ends and the middle while stropping, it is hard to go wrong. For me, the really helpful part was learning to initiate the flip BEFORE the end of the stroke and start back as the flip is being completed. I never try to strop quickly, but even at my slow pace, 100 laps takes only about three minutes. I have time for that given the results I can get from it.