Corking Blades, but different than you think.

I read this old thread with some fascination. I ruined the strop fro m my 1940's vintage Valet Auto Strop razor years ago (it simply deteriorated). As a result, I had to move to Feather SS blades rather than the original carbon steel blades that could be stropped. I have l toyed with the idea of having a custom strop made (it is very thin) but never got around to it. I am wondering id "corking" the carbon steel Feather blades would have an effect like stropping?

BTW, watching the old Auto Strop mechanism working was a little bit Mesmerizing. Interestingly, the carbon steel blades shaved better after about two shaves and some stopping rather than new.