Sorry, I wasn't clear -- I strop 80-100 strokes before each shave. I just meant that from what I've heard, *with regular stropping*, I should get a good month or two out of a razor before I have to break the hones out and touch it up. I was only getting 7-8 shaves *with regular stropping* before I felt like I needed to re-hone. The point I was trying to make is that face prep seemed to have a much bigger impact on the performance of a razor than I thought.