I can get what appears to me at least, a fairly decent edge by giving my razor a series of passes over my abrasive paddle (3, 1.0 then 0.5) followed by passes on the strop side.

The edge passes the hanging hair test and I feel that it shaves fairly well. Not exactly like a hot knife through butter but I get the impression that it is up to par.

On the second shave (a couple of days later), I only strop the blade but the edge just doesn't seem to be there.

Should the edge degrade so quickly? Am I doing something wrong with my stropping? Am I setting the bar too high in regards to the sharpness of my blade?

Cheers,

Scott