I just went and ordered a coticule and blue belgian from Howard and am wondering if people use just the coticule as the finish without having a pasted strop?

I will eventually invest in a pasted strop, but unfortunately money is tight and hones are just cooler than pasted strops so I purchased that first. Also for future reference do I just need a 0.25 pasted strop or do people use a 0.5 after the coticule?

I have a 3$ boker i picked up off of ebay that has some hone wear on the spine but the blade and scales are in perfect shape minus some minor corrosion on the tang that I intend to put my hand to practice on honing.

erik