Okay so I have gone and done it. Like all the Senior/Experienced SRP members said, buy a cheap first strop as you will nic and cut your first. Well I had followed there advice and got the poormans strop kit. Started out with a small nic on the edge and the bottom. No bid deal just do not drag razor that far down. Then was a small one at the top. Again no big deal just a little shorter stroke.
Well over the week it got shorter and shorter until Last night I took a 1" slice right into the middle.
So it is pretty much unusable at this point.
I have to figure I am not the first idiot to do this. So while I wait for a new strop is there anything around the house can use to continue to shave?