Quote Originally Posted by Johnus View Post
Sorry. But that's why you need to strop! The 'New Growth' needs to be evened out to be smooth. You strop to even out the sharpness.
You've missed my point completely. I was not arguing that a blade's molecular structure is never modified with use and therefore doesn't need stropping; my point was that not allowing a blade to rest between shaves does nothing to modify the structure. The bit about stropping was to point out that stropping modifies the structure more so than not allowing the blade to rest between everyday use.