Quote Originally Posted by Cangooner View Post
I just did a few quick strokes in an attempt to show the difference in sound made by my 11/16 hollow-ground RJ Roberts Parabola and my 7/8 near-wedge J Wostenholme EBRO. Unfortunately I don't think my camera's mic picked that up very well. In the vid they sound pretty much the same.

One thing I noticed from this is that I appear to be pretty inconsistent in terms of tension on the strop. There's definitely a bit more slack in it at times - particularly with the Wostenholme. It's a heavier blade, but not *that* much heavier, and if anything I think I actually apply less downward pressure on it than the RJ Roberts as I rely mostly on the weight of the blade with very little added pressure. So to my mind, that leaves inconsistent strop tension as a likely explanation.

I also seem to be turning my wrist more than I expected. From my usual vantage point, it looks like the turn at the far end of the stroke is 90% fingers. But here I see that I'm turning my wrist more than I thought.

Interesting exercise you've come up with here!

Incidentally this is a Tony Miller Latigo strop - the one and only strop I have owned thus far. Love it!

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