Hi Fellas. One of these days I will try to provide answeres as opposed to only questions. Bear with me till then. I have 4-5 new razors and 4-5 vintage. I want to hone the new razors as you all advise they are not shave ready as advertised. I have had good shaves, but I know that they can be sharper and provide a more comfortable shave.

This is what I have. Norton 4000/8000 stone. Dovo strop.
Question(s)
1. Can I get by with just this equipment?
2. Do I need a pasted strop? This will require me to purchase an additional strop which is no problem.
3. Do I need a flatbed hone. I saw these in Lynn's video.
4. What paste or paste(s) will I need.
5. Belgian Coticle. Is this even available? If not, what is a suitable replacement?
6. Since razors are new or only used 1-2 times, what pyramid sequence do I use.

Can you help an ex-infantryman out?

Thanks