Jonathan,
Thanks so much for your reply; I didn't think I can go so many shaves without pasting or honing...goodness, talk about savings!!!
Anyway, I will strop with the linen the recommended amount of times and test to see where I am with my skill set; I'm practicing on my linen and leather strop with a $10 blade I bought at the flea market; I figured I should practice to get the strokes down packed so as not to round the edge of my recently acquired, Thiers Issard

Thanks Again!

Alex