Stropping (unpasted) Essential to Honing?
So I am only a hobby honer and still a newb, but it seems that a blade is consistently better after stropping on plain linen and plain leather after honing. Is this true or am I imagining?
It sounds obvious because stropping helps keep a blade shave ready, but consistently I will finish off of the jnat or thury and it will shave arm hairs great but will barely pass the HHT or "hovering arm hair test" but after stropping +/-25 on linen +/-40 on leather it passes both tests quite well. Is my technique off or is this a common thing?