As you may have alredsay figured out I'm new to the world of straights (but have been De shaving for some time).

I recently bought a Dovo hanging strop and a Thiers-Issard paddle strop from a BST thread on another forum and have been playing around with them over the last few days.

I've got some ongoing problems with my back currently and find that using a hanging strop and holding a paddle freehand doesn't help with my back problem.

I have been experimenting using the paddle strop resting on my thigh at a 45 degree angle whilst sitting on my bed and have found that this seems to be the best position for me in terms of back pain.

I'm not sure if this position is advisable or not in terms of stropping razors though. The spine remains in contact with the paddle throughout the range of motion and flipping the blade is easy enough (in fact that part of it feels the same as using the paddle strop freehand).

I wanted to check out peoples thoughts if there are problems or greater risks to the blade edge by stropping n this position or not (as I don't want to damage the edge that has been honed professionally on the razors I am currently using).