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That may well be true for the population here. Many/most meticulously dry and clean/oil tiheir blades regularly. I suspect that back when shaving with a straight was more prevalent the majority of...

Ummm, I think that would be a separate issue altogether but may account for some of the difference in degradation during a shave between people/razors/etc. It would seem that one edge angle could be...

Well, they said something to the effect that "it's known" that the main cause of edge degradation is due to corrosion when compared to shaving but they (apparently) didn't look at that for the study.

Yes, I've read that. That addresses the damage done to an edge by shaving and the effectiveness in repairing that damage by stropping. ...and then I forgot about it in the context of this thread...

Do you all think this might be highly dependent on technique? I think there is general agreement that one can significantly round/dull an edge stropping by lifting the spine. and stropping is spine...