First off, I'll talk about my general care and use of my razor.

I shave everyday with my razor, and afterwards I always clean the blade, tang, ect, with a square of toilet paper. I also strop my razor roughly every 7-9 days. While stropping I use the linen side with green stropping paste first, (10 up and down "complete" passes) then I use the clean linen side (20 complete passes) and I clean the leather side and do 60 complete passes. I never dropped it once, and I take care of it to the best of my ability.

Today I noticed after stropping my straight razor two extremely small fractures on the blade itself. I noticed when I was running a square of toilet paper across the blade that it catches it slightly, and when I hold it to the light there are two small dark fractures. In the back of my head I know I will need to hone it, but I do need advice about how I should hone a straight razor with these fractures on the blade, and how I can prevent this from happening in the future.

Thank you in advance for your help.