Extending the time between honings

[AFDavis11]

Besides the obvious prevention of not honing the blade down for extended life of the razor and the idea that some might find honing difficult, what if any, is the advantage to "going to the hone as little as possible". I've seen some references to this in some of the older books and readings. I assume it was a pain for guys to get their razors honed but was/is there some other aspect to it? I'm asking because I'm sensing, just slightly, that a razor seems to get smoother and smoother shaving as it gets further away from the day it was honed. Right after honing it feels a little tough for a while...I usually do some aggressive stropping until it cools down...anybody else notice this? Anybody conciously avoid the hone for as long as possible, and if so, why?

Dang it...I put this in the wrong forum...