Thread: Does rapid stropping really heat the razor?

It's an issue of turning Mechanical Energy to Thermal Energy. It happens at the point of contact because of the friction produced by the edge coming in contact with the strop. I really don't think it's something that we can measure because of how the heat is dissipated by the metal and the leather.
Yes, it's one of those Santa and Resting things.

I know this is cheating. But I used a wheel strop at 90-120 rpm. I think this is not as fast as my moderate stropping, but it warms the blade a little.