Quote Originally Posted by Jimbo View Post
There's deflection and there's deflection. I like to use pressure when I strop and until I videoed my stropping I did not realise there is quite a bit of deflection going on when I do. The trick is to apply most pressure at the spine I think, and allow the edge to follow up with controlled pressure. Take a look at some of the stropping videos out there - one in particular of an old barber at some hotel or other - and you will see that some people have a very sloppy strop.

There are no hard and fast rules IMO. The only general rules I stick to are edge trailing and never lift the spine. Other than that I think it is open slather, and whatever works for you is the best guide.

James.
I totally agree you really need to figure it out for yourself to whatever works for you, and i did see that video you talk about,
his strop is so loose that it almost rolls with the razor but abviously works for him. Enjoy!!