Quote Originally Posted by ace View Post
I.....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 am fortunate to have a local mentor and he shared both of these points with me early on.. shortened my stropping learning curve and saved my strop from damage..

Pressure... I read a post here a while back that suggested pull the strop tight like it's being towed by a freight train and float the blade with the pressure of a flea... or something like that.

Works well for me.