It's common to hear or read that we ought to pull our hanging strops relatively taught so there isn't too much give, right? That got me thinking How much give/bend is too much give? Or too little? I once read on these forums that you want virtually no give in your strop while stropping but that makes no sense to me. If that's the case then why hang a strop at all as opposed to just laying the strop on a table to keep it flat? And how would doing so affect the stropping results?
Any insight?
Any insight?