Quick question, with no definitive answer I am sure - be good to get some opinions.
Have a Norton 4/8 - flatenned with 320 grit wet paper but needs more flattening on the 4. Just bought DMT D8C to do this hopefully more effectively. Wish I had someone close by to walk me through it but there we go!
Anyway, thinking about finishing and trying to decide on a pasted paddle strop or a belgian coticule. I have read that the pasted strops don't give as long lasting an edge but are fool proof for honing newbies like myself. The yellow coticule is by all accounts the bees knees and I no doubt will 'graduate' to one but would I be better going straight to it now or go for the strop with pastes? Thoughts anybody?

cheers
Stephen