I notice that I have to really pay attention to the "sway" of my 3" SRD strop.

As a noob, I have caught myselft stropping while the strop itself was ****eyed. What I mean is that the head of the strop was in one direction and the foot (where I hold) is in another direction. Thus, the strop is not perfectly flat. It is twisted.

Holding the foot tighter does not flatten it. I have to reset the head where it connects to the swivel by slapping it down.

This MUST be causing some type of edge degradation when I don't catch this...

Any tips on how to prevent this from happening at all? Just get a paddle instead?

Note: The strop is at waist height; it connects to an eye hook with the included latch. I have even used twine instead to increase the connection point to the eye hook.

Thanks in advance...