I only have two points. First Alan can't take credit for the shave with water blog because I've been saying it for a couple years now. The old timers used to do it all the time, no big deal. Second, I think when I did the stropping experiment a while back we pretty much proved that about 60x before shaving did the most good whether you broke it up before and after or 60x before or 60x after made NO difference. Also I think any quality shave ready razor should be able to last through one complete shave without stropping mid shave. I think IMHO that if you have to strop mid shave your razor is only marginally sharp and is failing mid way hence the requirement to strop mid-way.