.. . I also tried giving it a half an hour treatment on the balsa strop and then the leather, but my razor keeps preforming substandard. . . .
FWIW (because I haven't done that to a razor):

Usually, you use a pasted strop when the edge is _almost_ sharp, and you use it for 5 - 10 laps with very light pressure. Then follow with canvas + leather, or just leather if that's what you normally do. I think that's what Larry recommends (I assume it's a "Poor Man's" pasted strop).

Half an hour on a pasted strop is a long, long time. You may have rounded the edge, especially if you had any pressure on the edge when stropping on the pasted strop.

charles