Quote Originally Posted by AFDavis11 View Post
The good news about strop sag is that although it usually dulls a blade the angle that the strop actually contacts into the edge is often not that bad.

I still get the feeling your alluding to changing the sag level differently on each side. I'm imagining that your changing the sag level mid-stroke. I hope that isn't what you mean.

BTW, I prefer using a taut strop and a little pressure to solve this problem. If you've solved the geometry issue though and the blade is flat then your good to go.

I'd suggest though that you watch for premature dulling, but 20 good shaves are better than 40 okay shaves.

I'm wondering if I'm missing a picture too. How many pictures are in this thread? I see one.

I see them now: Picture 13 has an acceptable amount of sag, not a big deal. You'll probably be shaping the edge in a little while your buffing it.

I can't really imagine though with that strop that some razors are laying flat and some are not. The basic geometry of all your razors should be similar.
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?