New razor.. some slight blunting?

[CharmingPhoenix]

Hi folks, I just got a Wade & Butcher razor from a member here. The blade came just fine. However I've had 2 shaves since then and this afternoon I saw what I believe might be some blunting on about a 1/2 mm section in the middle of the blade.

I didn't have a strop to strop before the second shave. Is this perhaps a result of that? It seems unlikely to me, but I suppose anything is possible.

I have since borrowed one of my grandfather's old strops. It's VERY smooth, but obviously been used for a variety of blades and has many scuff marks. It's a Wagner's Oak Tanned Pony Shell. A quick google search finds little to nothing on the strop.

Anyway, I've watched videos on stropping and have stropped the blade a good many times since. The blunting area seems to have been cut in half since then but now there's still just a tiny area that doesn't seem to go away.

Now this is to say that if I use a pin and lightly drag it across to where I suspect the blunting is... it doesn't stop like Youtube says it should. However, if I glare light off the edge, there's a small area that reflects light when none of the rest of the blade does.

Does anyone have any ideas what I could do? I don't have any barbers hones and I'm not sure I'm ready for that until I have a 2nd blade in case I really mess up the first.

Thanks
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PS. I have not dropped the blade or have any idea where this came from...