It's something that has been in the back of my mind, but stropping has been the most difficult aspect of straight shaving for me, which is why I opted for a 3" strop and a straight pattern.

I really get the part where if you hone directionally you should strop directionally to clean up debris. Honing is with the edge leading the way and stropping is with the spine leading the way.

Maybe sometime down the road I'll try to switch to the diagonal with the strop but as long as I keep getting a spiffy edge, I think I'm going to stick with what I'm doing, at least for the time being.