A month ago I purchased one of those cheap straight razors that you put a half of a razor blade in to shave. I went fairly well and I picked up a used good quality real straight razor at a gun shop. I was planning on sending it out for honing but figured I would try some on my own so I made a few strops and rubbed compound into some of them. The finest stone I have is a 4000 grit japanese water stone. I honed the razor on that then did about 100 strokes on a balsa strop with cromium oxide, 100 more strokes on a leather strop with white compound and a 100 more on plain veg tanned leather. The razor passed the hanging hair test, so I shaved with it this morning. All went well and it shaved well, no razor burns or irritation. So finally to my question...Would you reccomend still purchasing finer grit stones for this razor or should I just strop it on a regular basis to maintain the current edge? What bennefits would I get from finer grit stones?

Thanks

John