Hello, I know a lot of shavers rotate razors. I had figured this was to reduce wear on any one razor, lengthen the time between hones, etc. I was browsing wikipedia, and on it's straights page it says:

"Experienced straight razor aficionados often advocate stropping after each shave and allowing the blade to recover its edge for several days before reuse. Historically this necessitated a collection of several razors sometimes sold in a sets for a week's use."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_razor

This makes a little sense to me, as I recall that steels has a metal memory, and I think that if this is a legitimate reason then perhaps stropping before and letting the edge "set" might have some merit.

I had just been stropping before the shave, so does anyone have any insight on whether or not stropping then resting an edge could have any benefit?

-Baran