This was one of the first newbie questions I asked Obie. Partially based on his advice I hung mine at about navel level and strop with the free end downhill slightly. To be honest, part of the reason I hung it at that height was based on the height of our baseboards. I tend towards OCD and wanted the entire strop to be "framed" by the strop board I made. I did not want the strop hanging partially over the baseboard, nor did I want the bottom of the strop board looking like it was sitting on the baseboard. http://straightrazorpalace.com/strop...-my-strop.html Lucky for me, I'm relatively tall

Last time I was in Missouri I noticed that Lynn has his stops hanging from just below the counter top (standard height) in his shave den. When he strops, he holds the strop uphill towards him. This lends credence to Glenn's statement above. I guess there's more than one way to skin a cat (or is that a cow, kangaroo, or horse).