Quote Originally Posted by jimmyh View Post
I was thinking of just reducing the number of strokes so you don't over hone. Maybe just 2 passes per side or something.

Though maybe you really do want to do a bunch of passes on smooth leather and just touch up less than daily but still fairly frequently.

I shave much less often than every day (probably a couple dozen times this past year) so I don't have to worry so much about overhoning, and have to worry more about corrosion between shaves.
Yes well that makes all the difference since you are not shaving with the straight that often and therefore not getting on the paste on a daily basis. The only other thing I would take into consideration is the leather aligning the edge. It seems to me that the fine and micro thin end of the bevel benefits from the strokes on the leather.

I used to go linen/leather and than read in the 1961 Barber Manual excerpt on honing their stressing the point of stropping on leather only after the hones. I was somewhat resistant to changing my routine but I have and it seems to be bringing just as good a result.

Some of this stuff is so close in the results that it is hard for me to know if one way is better than another as the differences can be so subtle.