There are so many opinions on almost everything. Mine is very light and perpendicular. In an attempt to keep the pressure light the tightness of the strop should also be fairly light. If you use a strop with very heavy draw and you use anything but very light pressure the resistance on the strop is very high and the amount of pressure is quite obvious. The turn is where a lot of people mess up in the beginning and is also where I have nicked my strop.