I don't know about the difference. Like Randy said, it would take you one shave to find out.
Anyway, I'm a bit of a compulsive stropper myself.:w Couldn't put a not freshly stropped razor to my face, even if I wanted to. Luckily, the lather has to soak in a minute, which is all time it takes to strop my 24 laps always ending with a stroke towards me. If baseball players are allowed to wear pink ladies underwear, than I can grant myself a little stropping compulsion, can't I?
;)
Bart.