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I think that's true, because when you're using a paste, you're still stropping. The pastes take off a little metal, but stropping also rounds the edge over time (according to what I've read here),...

I should have added that after using the pasted strop, I strop on leather about 70-80 laps before that first shave--tames that harsh post-paste edge down.

I've had good results by using a pasted balsa strop and a barber's hone. I touch my razors up about every 12th shave or so. The first touch-up after a razor's been to a honemeister, I strop on the...