I am interested to see the informative replies sure to follow. I still don't understand this school of thought. If one has to wait for the edge to dull slightly, why hone it so keenly? Just hone it to where you want it. And I thought the purpose of stropping was to smooth the edge to get a great shave, so how should a lack of smoothness straight off a hone affect the first shave off of it if the blade is stropped first?

Please educate!