I see a lot about pressure/no pressure in stropping. Rather than pushing down on the blade, I find it useful to kind of "torque" the blade a bit toward the edge side - while still keeping it flat. A better way to say it might be to "emphasize" the edge over the spine. I find if I don't do this, I lose that "rasping" sound Scott spoke of. Any thoughts on this?

Of course you could all be talking about this already and I'm just too thick to understand Good discussion.

Jordan