Originally Posted by
Stubear
Maybe I should clarify what I meant there.
If you happen to lift the spine off the strop once by a millimetre or two, its no biggy. In fact you may not even notice you did it. Thats not to say keep doing it, but this probably wont roll your edge.
If you lift it off by more than that so the angle is more acute, you might degrade the edge some, but you can probably get it back by stropping. If not, then it'll need honing.
If you're consistently lifting the spine off the strop and scuffing the edge up, then you'll dull the razor pretty fast and it'll need to be honed.
Apologies, I may have given the impression there that as soon as you lift the spine, the razor goes dull, and its not that severe..! Consistently lifting the spine or one major scuff might do it though.