Quote Originally Posted by Ryan82 View Post
I guess one approach would be to try the first shave (regardless of who honed it) and then apply a CAREFUL stropping for the second shave and compare the differences............ assumming you didn't roll the edge!

Any thoughts?
Thats what I do. Even when I hone a razor myself I usually skip the strop until I am sure the razor is as sharp as I can get it. Sometimes It takes a couple trips back to the hone before things are perfect.