This will be lame for some of you experienced hands, but when i started into straight shaving about 6 years ago, I was plagued with a tendency to nick strops, typically in a place and manner that made it hard to repair, thus ending up with quite a few much shorter "Travel" strops, as it were.
Spending time on my technique and just being careful, I've logged now 2 years on this strop without a nick! I know this probably jinxes me and tomorrow I'll blow the streak, but I wanted to share the good news. Attachment 220859Attachment 220860