You've never had sharp knives until you've done this...

[cyberspyder]

....Stropping. Even stropping on the back of a legal pad/note pad (cardboard backing) will give your knives a whole new form of sharp. Also, getting a Sharpmaker will help as well.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

I strop everytime I use the blade (usually on my palm)

[Death's Head]

Even stropping on your jeans after cutting helps retain the edge on your knife.
But stropping on the back of a notebook pad or even better, uh strop, will put a serious edge on a blade.

[eodtech]

FAQ + Primer on Honing and Stropping

Fine Leather Strop Instructions

[Benner]

I've only just got the Sharpmaker and now you're telling me I need to do this as well.    There is so much I need to learn.

[Anthony]

I use the backside of my leather belt for stropping and it makes a huge difference in the sharpness.

[Gareth]

I use a thick piece of leather that I fixed to a 1" square piece of wood about 9" long.  It makes it easy to hold and is nice and portable.  I normally strop any knife I have used through the day sometime before going to bed.

[cyberspyder]

Metal polish and Flitz works really well for stropping (as a 'polishing' compound on the strop).

[Craig]

I have certainly found that stropping helps a blade keep its edge.

I sometimes think that blades feel less sharp when you touch after stropping although in actual fact they are sharper! I think its just that the edge is smoother and there are no rough bits to catch on your skin.

Might just be me though 

[Flash]

I think you are right.  Something to do with stropping removing some of the burr.  That makes it feel smoother on your hand

[ducktapehero]

I thought you were gonna say put a fresh utility blade in.  That's how I get super sharp knives nowadays.