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This has been my point all along. The act of shaving does more damage to the edge than the strop can take care of. Again, it delays honing not elimate it so the strop cannot sharpen my blade to where...

I think the strop does more to clean and polish than to sharpen. It gets rid of slight oxidation that may form on the blade and maybe dust. It does to a small degree repair damage the act of shaving...