Thread: Down Stroke/Up Stroke Inconsistency

I am going to try slowing down a bit. Since I first started, stropping always came easy to me and felt comfortable. I have never done any damage to my strop.

I know that the issue I'm having is probably minor, I am just a perfectionist and want my upstroke and downstroke to be 100% consistent.

I guess it is just a habit that I have to correct. I'll start by slowing down a bit.

At what height is your strop hook? If it is too high that can affect your stroke. My main one in the basement is higher than my shoulder. It shouldn't be that way but I never bothered to move the hook because it was already there and it kept the cats away from the strops. I adjusted that height but believe in general you will get a more consistent stroke if the hook, and strop, are at about waist height.

Originally Posted by Utopian

At what height is your strop hook? If it is too high that can affect your stroke. My main one in the basement is higher than my shoulder. It shouldn't be that way but I never bothered to move the hook because it was already there and it kept the cats away from the strops. I adjusted that height but believe in general you will get a more consistent stroke if the hook, and strop, are at about waist height.

I have my strop about waist high, maybe slightly higher. I hold the strop out in front of me across my body so I strop side to side rather than away from me then back towards me.

In theory it seems that that would provide a more uniform stroke. In practice, I have no clue since I've never tried it. RandyDance hones that way. I tried it and couldn't get an even stroke. I suppose it just depends on what is familiar.