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You can still use the strop

Small nicks can be left in place. If don't feel them while stropping then they aren't doing any harm.

Like the above poster says, start moving in the other...

Make sure to dry very well. Then leave it out for a while, open. Later you can oil it and put away.

Michael

1. just rinse
2 Don't strop. the person who honed it will have stropped.
3 Waist high then slant downward. That's my preference
4 Probably looking for trouble. It's quitting while you are...