I only use a bench strop for my pasted strop, my daily drivers are all hangers. In the beginning I found that the harder I pulled on the strop that the harder I stropped the blade. Light tension was equal with light pressure on the blade. The roll is ever important and of course the torque come added pressure on the edge. I concentrate on keeping the pressure on the spine and speed kills. A nice even steady stroke, it is part of my shaving zen and there is never any reason to rush that. If I am in a hurry I should probably skip the strop and shave.