Hi SRP members,
I am a two year user of straight razors and i have my technique down and every thing...so i think. I have three strops(two vintage and one homemade). My first vintage(brown) is beat to hell but still excels in its purpose; however my recently required vintage strop(black) appears to be damaging my carefully made edges. while looking at both vintage strops the black appears in much better condition. While i was doing a side by side stropping i noticed them thing odd. The brown strop gives nice smooth laps, while trying to complete a pass on the black one it feels there no friction with the blade and the leather. Does this mean that the strop is useless.
On a side note i believe i am using the strop correctly, i do not think my technique is to question.