Thanks for your input, both Gammaray and riooso.

In response to riooso: my regular method of maintaining my straight is 30 passes on the canvas and 60 passes on the leather before each shave.

Using my Tension Mounted Cowhide Leather Strop last week was the first time.

As far as I understand the information I extracted from the stropping and honing topics is that honing is necessary when a straight is damaged or totally blunt. My Prima Klang was not suffering from one of these so DOVO's red pasta should do.

If I buy a second brandy new straight, let's say another Prima Klang, do you consider it wise to directly giving it some passes on the leather impregnated with red pasta, followed by the passes on the canvas and the plain leather?

I simply cannot imagine that honing a new quality razor from DOVO is needed. Input from other users about this statement are welcome.