So I looked around for about 30 minutes and even did a few web searches (all of which brought me back here to the same stuff) so here we go. I started SR about 4 months ago. I currently am up to 2 awesome razors but my budget is tight so I can't really expand right now (as much as I want to while drooling over the classifieds). Anyway i have gotten both razors off of the classfied's here and both came amazingly sharp. I like sharp things so I was naturally ridiculously impressed. After about 2 very tenuous shaves I decided I'd give stropping a go. I watched all the videos and read the forums and did alright. So I continued to strop and my biggest mistake was that I would roll the razor before stopping full motion so a little TINY nick. Then there was a day that my rhythm was off and I took a good quarter sized nick out of the strop and I feared I ruined it but it was far enough towards the top that I can just change direction before that. However I tried to repair it and as per the forum sanded the strop to evenness. All of this is to say that my last few shaves it has been evident that my razors are no longer as sharp as they once were. Have I ruined my strop? Am I just stropping like an idiot? Do I need to use a pasted strop? Is there a simple solution? Does it need to be honed? Answers to any and all questions are welcomed. PM is acceptable if that makes you more comfortable.