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Okay, cool. That does make sense and it's a good sign. :) I'm not sure the strop should sound like that. I'm just a little suspicious.

Check to make sure the spine and the base of the bevel do...

. . . which would be fine, unless he is not finishing on the leather before a shave.

These are always difficult questions because you don't want to offend anyone.

But, stropping...

You know, I'm not really sure. I assume you are stropping on the soft leather side and not the linen side, right?

One side is smooth and the other is not correct?

I think someone with...

Interesting. From my perspective your stropping is not bad enough to create the problems you are describing. There is a little too much deflection, but again, nothing that would lead to the...