I've only been at this about a month, maybe two. It was the first time I finished stropping and really felt that I did a fairly good job. Kept the speed up decently, about a stroke and a half per second (one stroke being up and down the strop, I've always felt confused what people consider one stroke to be when I read about stropping >.<).

I'm not sure how other people feel with a strop but I realized when I felt I was getting good strokes with my two inch strop the razor was moving with the form of a nicely shaped arc as it drew from the base to the tip of the blade then returned to the base as I flipped it at the other end of the stroke. Might not sound like much but being able to visualize the path of the blade as an arc on the strop really helped my strokes.

When I shaved it felt like the best edge I've had so far and it was definitely the closest shave I've managed. Unfortunately I got my first shaving nick on my upper lip, and I still have trouble getting the angles right for my chin.