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TI does, I don't remember if Dovo does or not.
Besides the basic directions (x pattern, the flip, etc) they say:
8. Only strop the new razor after several shaves.
9. Only use dry razor stroping compounds (the one we supply is the best that we have found) Avoid gready[sic] pastes which "mess" up your strop or those with low-quality abrasives.
10. Before each shave, soap your face with hot water at the same time plunging your razor into the same hot water. Your shave will be much improved.
Number 8 and 9 together, I would guess, could likely be the crux of our problem. I would surmise that the "compound" placed on a strop would likely be proprietary. Perhaps new strops do not have the same or as abrasive a compound (or likely none at all) placed into the leather.