I'm a new guy just got my stuff a day ago. I started to strop on the smooth leather side of the modular paddle that lynn makes. Even light strokes. I noticed that the sides of the leather modular panel are wearing about a 1/8 inch in from side.

Also, when I first got it, it was smooth and the blade on the edge had no "air" of space under it but I notice in the middle as I slowly move blade along it doesn't quite touch the edge quite completely. It does as I move further up.

Is all this normal with use?