In the past 3-4 months I am stropping on the palm between passes. That started mainly because of what I heard about that practice in the past, and partly because I am not happy to take the strop in the bathroom (somehow the moisture might get into the strop, but that's discussion for another thread)

So far, it is working jeeest fine, the razor is as sharp as ever. I'll continue and report in several months...

Nenad