Originally Posted by
Ryan82
Honestly, a tiny bit of slack is not a bad thing at all. Use of deflection is very useful in the right hands BUT you really have to know what you're doing otherwise you'll roll an edge in no time flat (sorry for the bad pun ;)). If you check out videos of old barbers you'll notice some of their strops look like a banana but we give them the benefit of the doubt because they've been doing it for decades.
I have an old Wosty wedge that I strop with a bit of slack, otherwise the entire edge doesn't make contact. I tried stropping it taut but it doesn't work nearly as well.