I am two months in and haven't nicked or cut my strop in about a month (knock on wood). I put about three nicks and a bad cut in mine during the first month. After reading several of the threads here I used rubber cement to repair the cut and a whet stone (for knives) to smooth out the nicks.

I have not had a problem with the smoothed nicks and repaired cut hurting my blade. I am that I can go six months without hurting my strop and then maybe I will by the SRD paddle strop for travel and paste.