I just received a loom style strop like this:

http://www.classicshaving.com/catalo...44/5170476.htm


There seems to be a problem though: the surface is not flat. All along the surface as I slide the razor down it length wise, the blade only makes contact with the outer edges of the strop! This is the case on both the pasted and the leather side . I can tell this because 1) when I strop I see a gap where the blade is over the middle of the strop surface and 2) the pasted side got shiny along the outer edges along the length of the strop after 4 passes. I have tried tightening it, and loosening it, but to no avail.

This just doesn't seem right. I have other hanging strops (I got this for travel and liked the pre-pasted side), and don't have anything like this. Anyone familiar with this strop or heard of this before? I sent classicshaving an email about it, but wanted to see if this has been seen before.

Andrew