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At one time honing and stropping made sense (true Blue Blade days).
Today DE blades as well as almost all other factory blades have
a thin coating of PTFE (Teflon) fused on the surface. This...

Sounds like you should use an Alum block each morning.
When you get that burn pull the blade after checking
that it is not your last.

NOT a dumb question.

The answer depends on your face, your whiskers,
your shave prep, the blade, the razor
holding the blade and your personal
preference.

If you have a safe place to keep...