so i got my first hone and decided to see what kind of a difference it would make on the razor i have. i honed it, stropped with the green paste stuff and then plain leather stroped (i hope that was the correct order to do it in). an it did work a bit better. great.

but i got greedy and decided i would do it again to see if it would bee even better for the next shave (plus i had nothing better to do ) so it was all going well until the last swipe on my leather strop. i got clumsy after the away stoke and when i pulled back the razor it caught into the leather strop and sliced half way through it, literally. so now i need to buy a new strop. i think i can salvage what is left and i am going to try and mount it on a piece of wood like my green paste strop. still. i can't believe it.

i am stropless for the time being.
i should be able to make due though.
hopefully this isn't common.