What I'm having difficulty understanding here is why is the blade not laying evenly on the strop so you have to have more deflection with the strop with certain razors. I have about 90 razors and I hold the strop the same for all of them and have no problems. Maybe it a problem you have holding the razor straight depending on the geometry of the individual razor. True, honing a razor is different for every razor but I don't think its the same with a strop.JMHO