Originally Posted by
gugi
the primary cause for the edge dulling is oxidation, not mechanical damage, so the main goal of stropping is to remove this oxidation and then realign the mechanical deformations.
so while the edge is indeed very delicate it is still steel and that's pretty robust. as long as the spine is in contact with the strop there really isn't much damage that you can do even if using pressure as the stropping surface basically moves along the bevel. the rolling of the edge occurs if the spine is lifted as then there is a force perpendicular to the bevel.
so there is no need to be too timid with the stropping, just common sense will be good.
as far as i understand classicshaving offers razors with the factory edge and honed past that and since you got the one that's been honed it should be good. some time ago they utilized the services of Lynn Abrams, but not anymore, still whoever does their honing should be doing at least a reasonable job at it. as i said since the edge is deteriorating over subsequent shaves the most likely cause is ineffective stropping and this should still be fixable. if not you have other options, so one way or another we'll get you going and successful. nothing to worry about.
there are a whole bunch of members in MN, the two off the top of my head are chrisl and bruce, not sure about randydance. In any case they would probably know of somebody nearby you, if there's one.