Fortunately I got into the habit of stropping before and after every shave, but last night I found one of the hidden benefits of this practice.

Last night I went to have a quick shave, and grabbed the razor next in the rotation (only two), cleaned off the oil, ran it under some hot water and then took it to the strop. Even though I try to strop very lightly, my first pass almost destroyed my strop by scraping off the surface. After looking at the razor very closely. I saw that the edge seemed to be folded over. Fortunately I was able to use my backup but was pretty annoyed that somehow I must have banged the edge of my favorite blade. Although after some thought I shudder to think what it would have done to my face if I hadnt stropped first. Assumably since the edge was folded, the sharp edge would never be pointing to my face, but it was also left with a number of nicks which could have been pretty nasty.

After grumbling about for a bit, my wife finally admitted that she had used it to cut a plastic strap off a delivery. Even though I had told her numerous times that the edge was delicate and it was never to be used for anything other than shaving. She thought I must have been exagerating and assumed I would never notice. Hmmm.
Needless to say I now need to get a new strop and repair my razor.
I have a japanese 1k and 6k waterstone and I had a belgian Yellow coticule on order which should arrive some time this week. Would this be ok to bring the edge back or do I really need to send it off to be professionally honed?

Any thoughts appreciated.