I had a shave this morning that didn't reflect what my read off the stone was, and I started thinking.

Wait a second....

I have a HUGE bump in my strop. Definitely feel it Moving across. I didn't think anything of it at first, but I'm starting to realize the bump may have rounded my edge. It's an Illinois 361 (the barber's handle one). I actually like the strop and broke the leather in, but I never considered the bump may affecting the edge. Jeez. I think the strop was folded into a box and deeply creased as a result. Not sure if any other way would explain it.

I'll post pics on my lunch break.

Reading through some old posts--can you iron that out?