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It's good that it still passes the sharpness tests. The idea of touching up the razor, is to touch it up as soon as it begins to pull, preventing the edge from ever needing to be re-honed.
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I guess I should clarify my remark about bad stropping technique.

As Mark pointed out, there is nothing inherantly wrong with stropping between passes, and I do it myself sometimes.

What makes...

I can be a little tough to say without seeing and feeling your razor in person, but I suspect the edge needs to be touched up.

You've been using the same razor for a month, you've nicked the strop...