>Throw on enough - str and protect your own and you will get
>to the next damage noun on melee hits at least and sometimes
>demonfire or other damage communes.

I'm going to disagree with you on that. The edge only applies to melee hits. With a sufficient strength differential the bonus can be significant, however.

I do agree that in PK it probably only makes sense to focus on strength loss when that's the best strategy and not for the sake of making the edge shine.