I read in the art of the straight razor shave by Christopher Moss, wich i highly recommend, that a straight razor actually recovers its edge on its own with time. That said, Stroping right after a shave would i guesss render this propriety useless in the sense that if you wait till your next shave before stropping you would have to strop less since the razors edge will have straightened out on its own. So you would be stropping more then necessary. Has anyone else here read this somewhere else? seems to make sence to me.