I’m still sold on a Norton 4000/8000 waterstone and a paddle strop pasted with .5 micron Chromium Oxide powder. Starting with a truly shave ready blade, you could even forget about the Norton stone for quite some time. The more I read, it seems the pasted paddle strop may be a crutch towards getting an absolutely correctly stone honed shave perfect edge. However it is a very nice serviceable crutch that will keep you in perfect shaving edges and will not break the bank in the process. It is still good advice to send the Dovo out for professional honing and get a/some vintage cheapies to learn on.