Boy am I glad that I purchased the practice strop!
So I purchased a strop from Tony Miller. The 3" red latigo. I asked Tony about the option of adding a practice strop, was it really necessary for a newbie like myself. He answered in the affirmative. "Better to nick the practice than the more expensive strop". Wow was he right! I have read all the stuff and watched the videos. I thought this looks easy, how could I screw up? Well this morning, my second day on the strop, the practice strop that is, I nicked it twice.:gaah: I turned the blade on the spine and all went well until after my forward pass and flipping the blade to come back, my hand went the wrong way . Same thing happened on the pull stroke. I couldn't believe it. How did I do that?:confused: Well all I can say is AM I GLAD I WENT THE $7.50 FOR THE PRACTICE STROP. If any of you new to stropping are considering NOT getting the practice strop, well, I would humbly say rethink that choice.
Mark