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02-09-2008, 11:31 PM #9
No, I'm not changing mid stroke. If the razor needs it (more slack to allow for full contact of the edge on that side with the strop) then it might be a fairly taught strop on the "away" stroke and prior to completing the pass toward me, slacking the strop a bit more on the "forward" stroke. It's easy to see on some razors when they're laying flat on a hone that the edge or parts of an edge are off the hone (warped razor) on one side of the blade or the other. On a taught strop, why wouldn't the same thing happen (part of the razors edge doesn't lie flat on the taught strop) if using only the weight of the blade, no or virtually no pressure?
I'm wondering what would be "worse" for an edge: having to press the blade into the strop to make full contact with some razors or slacking as seen above with much less pressure?Maybe it's a wash?