I've read that strops with a heavy draw are useful for "drawing out" a blade. I don't know what that means but I guess it means to straighten out any imperfections on the edge of the blade? So I started to use "heavy" pressure when I start stropping (English Bridle strop) in hopes it will straighten out any messed up parts of the blade. My thinking is, it will "push" the imperfections into place. I do that for about 25 laps then I start decreasing the pressure, with each lap I use less pressure, until I'm using "light" pressure. I do this in hopes the light pressure will fine tune the edge. I stop at about 50 laps total. I do this after 30 laps on genuine linen. All my razors pass the silly hair test, i know it doesn't mean anything but I can't stand it when they don't pass , and shave well. How many of you guys do that? Does it make a difference?