Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
One thing I liked that the 1961 barber manual excerpt suggested was practicing the flip before you ever touch the strop. Seems like that was where I went astray when I first began. Nicked up a couple, but as Kaptain Zero said, contact cement and sandpaper work wonders.

Here is the PDF, might give you something to go with ;

http://straightrazorpalace.com/srpwi...t_-_Honing.pdf
The flip is where I sliced/diced strop, I had to slow way down on the flip. Making it just right then speed up on the draw/pull part slowing down again for next flip. After nicking first strop so bad I butter knifed razor for practicing on nicked strop. I am heavy handed by nature and it has taken me a couple of years to learn the light touch. I collected the hones to sharpen but have held off on learning to hone for a while longer.

Sometimes the finer things in life take more time.