I copied this from my "Beginner Purchase" thread, to get little more attention for this particular question.

Hello again!

Ok so now I have three straight razor shaves behind me, and I have managed to nick my self only three times so that barely any blood has been drawn. I think my stropping has gone somewhat decent, I learned the correct wrist movement and razor hold rather fast. The lather I have done with Proraso+MWF+Glycerin / Musco Real+MWF+Glycerin has been awesome.

My first shave took like an hour but now itīs down to 20-25 minutes or so, last shave I got no nicks at all which is a bonus.

Now I have a question for you guys. On the very first time I touched the strop with my blade, I managed to touch the polywebbing side with the edge of the blade. There was really no force applied at all, and the strop did not take any damage. It was the beginner mistake, where you flip the blade at the end of the stropping motion, and instead of starting motion towards the spine of the razor, I just layed the blade down on the strop and little twich from my wrist made the blade go towards on the edge side.

The question is; Can that cause damage to the edge? Roll it or something like that? Why I ask you is that I have felt that the razor is less sharp now, I can still shave the beard somewhat ok but there is alot tugging happening and I have to buff more in order to get clean results.

I can also see if I look very closely with a light reflecting on the bevel, two very small dark spots just above the very edge of the razor, like small dark spots on the bevel. What are those?

So basically have I managed the dull the blade already? I have shaven (due to little too much enthusiasm) every day, with a less than day old beard. My beard's individual hair is very thick, does that have something to do with the dull feeling?

Thank you already

Edit: Since the first shave I have done 60+40 on the strop, and outside the exact first time I touched the strop, the stropping has gone quite decent.
-Ymir