Stropping in the evening and then shaving in the morning works. I have done this a couple of times (not sure it's quite as good though. I will try it again and see). However, at least one razor I received from the pro honers definitely needed some stropping, so I guess too many days had passed (even though the blade was oiled, it had to cross over to Canada so it took a while). Still, I have become quite picky about my stropping so it could be a personal preference thing. But maybe a newbie should leave a honemeister-honed blade alone the first time so they don't mess it up completely.