I just completed my first straight razor shave with my new razor and strop set up from SRD. Face and shave were great. I was pleasantly surprised, no nicks, weepers or burn. I would go as far as to call it a DFS. My technique needs some work, but I was slow and patient.

Unfortunately my strop did not fair as well. I have a new SRD 3" strop. This was the first time I ever attempted to strop a razor. I ended up with a few minor nicks on the end of the strop closest to me and the heel of the blade.

What am I doing wrong? I used slow strokes and rolled on the spine. I had no issues with the far end of stropping stroke. What do I need to do, if anything, to address or fix the nicks on the strop?

Thanks