Originally Posted by mparker762
So you'll need
(a) hanging strop + finishing hone or pasted paddle + norton or
(b) paddle strop with one plain side and the others pasted + norton or
(c) hanging strop + pasted paddle + norton
Or some variation on this -- I've got a hanging strop, a small paddle with both an unpasted and a pasted (.5 micron) side, a big paddle with two pasted sides (1 and 3 microns), and a 4k/8k norton. I prefer using the hanging strop under normal circumstances, but if I have to go out of town I can take just the small paddle to do both the daily stropping and refresh the blade if it needs it.
If you're willing to send your razors out for re-honing, then you can get by without the norton.