Quote Originally Posted by MajorEthanolic View Post
@phrank - I've had this strop for months now, and rub my hand across it before use daily. When I pull it taught, the main issue is that it doesn't create a flat surface. There's always areas that are slightly lower/higher than others, so parts of the blade don't touch as I'm drawing it across.
Interesting...I never actually pull my strop, "tight", I always leave enough slack that there is some cup to it, IIRC, this is the proper manner, if there is such a thing LOL, I find with the slight cup to it, it provides a better contact between the blade and the strop. Most of the vids I've seen with barbers stropping, they never have the strop pulled tightly, you'll always see a good amount of slack / cupping...