Originally Posted by
AFDavis11
Jimmy,
Yes, that is true. But that is based on the importance of keeping the strop flat and taut. This is a characteristic that is, slowly, very slowly, becoming less important. The more I learn about peoples actual stropping habits, as opposed to what they say they do, the more I understand how it actually works.
I think what we will eventually start to understand is that the amount of effort needed to maintain flatness is proportional to the stiffness of your strop.
I think we also may begin to understand that the amount of pressure applied is important because, depending on the strops stiffness, applying pressure creates deflection.
This is important for me, because most traditional documentation on the subject never discussing using a light touch and all hanging strops deflect when in use to some degree, although the user can not easily detect it.
Finally, I would also suspect that people who are doing a great job of maintaining a perfectly flat strop and using light pressure would then need to use a resulting increase in the number of strokes for the same effect.