OK, I've been on here a lot lately asking for advice. So I hope I'm not wearing out my welcome.

I bought a straight from a guy in the forum and I'm pleased with the razor. It was supposed to come shave ready and it's almost there. But it tugs my beard something fierce and it's just not quite as sharp as it needs to be.
I don't mean to insult his honing skills or to imply he didn't sell me as advertised either. Just in case I'm giving that impression. Because he was a fantastic seller and it shipped promptly and was exactly as advertised. I'd buy from him anytime.
But it's just not quite dialed in for me. I stropped it 40 laps after the initial trial and it improved a lot. Then I gave it 8 laps on the red pasted, canvas side of my strop and that improved it a bit more.

Ok too much detail maybe. Should I just send it out to be honed or should I keep working on it with the pasted strop? And how many laps should I start out doing on the pasted strop. 8, 10, 50... somewhere in between?

Thanks to anyone taking time to read this and offer advice.