Keeping it sharp. (With Pics)

[davesmith]

Hi Again Everyone

Just got a quick question I hope people can help me with. I've been shaving with my Dovo best quality now for a bit over a month. I have a double strop with leather and fabric sides, although the fabric side only has one usable side not two, the baking is a fake leather. I only ordered a fairly cheap 3" strop for my first strop as I expected to nick it when learning to strop which I have (See pictures)

I am learning that everyone seems to have their own ways of doing things, and basically there are no set rules just whatever works for you. But my question is about keeping the razor really sharp, so far I have used strop paste, the Dove black paste from the black and red pack, I have put some on the one fabric side of my strop and done about 10-15 passes, this has worked for me as after I do my normal strop on the leather side I get a really good shave from it.

I was even told by someone that you should use a pasted strop before every shave, can anyone experienced tell me what they do or don't do. So far I have only used the pasted side every 4-5 shaves once the blade starts to get dull and pull. And so far so good it get it back to being really sharp and shaves well.

Is there any harm in doing this before every shave, if not it would make sense to do this as I would always get the very best shave from my razor.

Please any advise from experienced people using pastes and strops would be appreciated.

Thanks for taking the time to read,