Thread: Arc-pattern stropping - pros and cons? What do you think of this?

Unlike honing where it can be important, it doesn't matter with a strop that the whole edge must contact the strop on each stroke.

Once you realise that, stropping on a narrow strop is easy. You can X stroke or you can C-stroke (what you describe above) if you really feel the need to hit the entire edge on each stroke. Or, you can do a few laps where you just hit the heel half; then a few where you just hit the toe half; then a few where you just hit the middle half. You can finish off with a few laps of the entire edge after that if you want.

James.