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    Keep both the spine and the edge on the strop surface. The hollowness of the blade means it will only really touch the leather at two points - edge and spine. Unless you have a true, true wedge (which I have never seen), this will always be true.

    Concentrate on keeping the spine on the strop always, and let the edge naturally follow that.

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    Ahh I see. Still a beginner at all of this, thanks James!

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    No problems man - we've all been there. Should have seen what I did with my first strop....

    Good luck, go slow, practice a lot.

    James.

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    Just this week, 2 1/2 years after starting to strop am I beginning to get it right!

    The stropping videos have sure helped.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AFDavis11 View Post
    Okay, so here is an attempt at a stropping video. I'm trying to video in very close so you can see the finger motion.

    YouTube - 110103-193326.wmv


    YouTube - 110103-194239.wmv
    Hi After watching your video I noticed that I was turning the razor the wrong way at the top and bottom stroke on the strop which wash made clear on the other videos that I have seen
    regards
    leslie

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    Thanks Alan for the videos, its helped me improve my stropping.
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    If you take a look at the videos in the "Stroptober" thread, you'll see that 90% of them, if not more, show stropping done with wrist movement. That mistake is the primary cause of rolled edges, nicked strops and inefficient stropping in general.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ace View Post
    If you take a look at the videos in the "Stroptober" thread, you'll see that 90% of them, if not more, show stropping done with wrist movement. That mistake is the primary cause of rolled edges, nicked strops and inefficient stropping in general.
    I couldn't find this thread. ..

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    Quote Originally Posted by JJV749KDV View Post
    I couldn't find this thread. ..
    Ok..... I found it!!!!

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    My stropping is not so good. I need to take a gander at the stroptober thread also.

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