I usually suggest using the minimum needed to get it sharp again whether using pasted strops or stones.
I tell my customers to try 8 to 10 passes on the 0.5, strop normally and try a shave. If not enough, go maybe 5 to 10 on the 1.0, then the 0.5 and try again.
Each razor and face is different.

I think each user has a different tolerance for sharpness and what shaves for them. Some guys cannot use anything less than a perfect edge and may refresh every 5 to 6 shaves. Given that maybe the 0.5 alone will keep them going fine. Other seeem to go months on a single honing or pasted stropping but once dull they may need to start around the 3.0 micron side of the paddle or on the 8K side of the Norton.

In one case it's "keeping the razor sharp", in the other its 'sharpening the razor"


Your milage may vary and I have razors that resond differently with each method. Soime I need to ework on every week, other I can't even rememebr whan I last honed them.

Tony