Gugi - you know, it's funny, I love to hone. I have to be [so] careful not to always jump the gun and prematurely hone my razors. But I really hate - and I mean HATE - stropping; [almost] always doing the minimum of 50 laps, and only occasionally doing the recommended 100. It's also the pasted stropping I enjoy as well. It's the leather at the end that just drives me crazy. And, don't know why...can't explain it.