Quote Originally Posted by StraightRazorDave View Post
I view finishing on a pasted strop as more of just "smoothing out the bevel" then really doing any sharpening. I only do a few laps on chromium oxide if the edge off the hone doesn't cut it. But I only use the paste sparingly after I finish on a coticule if the shave right off the coticule isn't the smoothest.

Dave
I'm a little undecided whether my cot is a fine or super fine, but it's not ultra fine. From 8000 a paste is understandable. And I am sure paste would help my coticule. It's doubling and tripling ~12000 and then paste... maybe the same as 8000 and paste