I have a quick question about the leading end of a razor (point or heel) while using a pasted strop.

I realize the edge of a razor leads when using a hone (stone), and the edge trails when using a strop (whether pasted or not).

Most people who hone (not trying to over-generalize) lead with the heel on a hone, whether or not doing the X pattern.

This would cause the striations to slant forward, as tombuesing wonderfully illustrated in his “May I over-analyze honing?” thread http://straightrazorpalace.com/compo...per/Itemid,33/
in his first example of the “toe-leaning.”

To maintain the toe-leaning striations, wouldn’t you need to hone the razor on the paddle strop with the toe (or point) leading? What I mean is, when I strop on a plain leather strop, I generally draw the razor with the heel leading.

If you did the same heel leading on a pasted strop, wouldn’t this give you the X striation pattern tombuesing mentions in the last part of his post? Especially if it was originally honed on a stone?

Or am I just over thinking this WAAAY too much?

Thanks.