I picked up a barber's hone on e-Bay (probably 12k or so) and use that once a month, 7-8 strokes blade leading. I use a pasted balsa wood piece once or twice a week, about 10 strops on that (spine leading). I found that keeps the edge on the thing. It's easy to roll the edge though. I was just lucky I didn't do that when I started. I read about it and then wondered whether I'd already made the mistake.