I think because honing on a typical hone is the classic way to maintain an edge people tend to kind of look down on the strop way to maintain an edge. So we tend to look for bad stories about what happens if you only use a strop down the road. Like Glen I'm not so sure about the negatives we hear about using a strop. I don't think I have ever actually read a post here where someone has said gee I've been maintaining my edge for a year and a half on a strop and now my razor won't shave worth a damn and now I had to use a hone and its great again. Yes I've seen pictures of edges and stories concerning theory but no real experiences.

I'm thinking more and more it's an all roads lead to Rome type of thing.