I have a different understanding. As has been indicated before, this is really all highly speculative.

It is my understanding that after a shave, when the edge is the most out of alignment and the edge hasn't had a chance to "recover", is the worst time to strop. Supposedly you are breaking over and off little pieces of the edge that were going to flatten out on their own.

I actually have a little bit of knowledge relating to working with metal (on a much larger scale) and it leads me to believe that stropping won't help train the edge (to "recover" or "re-align").

Stropping before or after a shave is only an issue if there actually is some "recovery." This seems like a good candidate for a test.

Cook