Thread: Doing the flip

Granted, I am a stropping newbie who still has not fully perfected his technique. But I do have a question. Whenever I flip the razor (rolling on the spine, of course), sometimes I hear a slight slap as the razor contacts the strop. It's not forceful; it's just very light pressure beyond the weight of the blade. I'm not bearing down on the razor. Also, the blade has already begun its lap in the other direction as this occurs.

Is that light slap degrading my edge? I'm trying to alter my technique so I don't get strop slap after a flip. So far so good as I'm only getting this 40% of the time. But I plan to get it to where I never slap the blade after a flip.