I'm going to try to do some informal experimentation on resting. I'm not sure what I should be doing. But, I'm going to shave with the same blade, repeatedly, without stropping for several shaves and only "rest" the razor about 48 hours between shaves.

Then I will slightly hone the blade again and use stropping to see what diffences exist.

I may also try an iteration with shaving every day with the same blade without stropping.

Keep in mind that I can already go more than a week without stropping so progess and results will be watered down.

I already hit my first snag this morning. I cleaned my razor after my shave. I clean my blade using a towel which is the same method I use to "linen" it.

Once we get some thoughts down, I would encourage others to try it out also. We would need a lot of data points I think to come to any conclusions.