Hello!

One of the tricks of stropping that took me ages to figure out was that even when the edge and spine are both lying flat on the strop, you can bias the weight toward the edge (slightly) with where you place your thumb on the shank.

Consider the "away" stroke on the strop - the edge is facing you, the spine is facing the end of the strop. In this position my thumb is sitting on the corner of the shank closest to me, not right on top of it. The weight distribution is therefore a bit more over the edge than the spine. Keep your thumb in that position as you then move the razor down the strop.

Now when you flip to come back the other way, try to keep your thumb at about that same spot - again, so that you bias the weight slightly toward the edge side and not the spine side. Move the razor back toward you down the spine in that position.

It's not a heavy weight. Really, it's just your thumb adding a slight bit of extra weight toward the edge side of the shank - don't deliberately push down.

See if that helps you - it might feel a bit uncomfortable to start with, but if you keep at it it will feel natural enough with time. It works for me in any event.

Good luck!

James.