For the last 7 shaves or so with my new TI Blond Horn Silver Steel my routine has been 30 round trips on a pasted strop with .50 diamond paste, 30-50 round trips on a hanging strop before and after each shave. My razor passes the hanging hair test over the entire blade, no problem. And it shaves well. But you know how us "anal types" are...once we find something that really works we're reluctant to give it up. However, I don't want to wear out my blade, so should I forego the pasted strop for awhile and just use the hanging strop until I sense the razor isn't sharp? Any other recommendations?

Tom