So I've been having some problems with stropping. The razor doesn't want to stay seated flat when moving across the strop (3" English leather IV). It seems to be because of 2 problems - 1) the strop seems to be rather stiff (never oiled, just rub my hands over it each time before stropping), so when pulled taught (well, semi taught) it doesn't create a fully flat surface and so the blade doesn't touch in certain spots. 2) There are "ripples/creases" in the strop - maybe 6-10 lines that show different wear and I can feel that they're slightly razed when I rub my hand on the strop.

Was considering two possible solutions - 1) going with a paddle strop, 2) trying something like a roo skin strop that I hear if "softer" than the leather and so might give a more even surface.