Quote Originally Posted by cotdt View Post
I prefer straight off the hone, strop on leather, and shave.
I used to do just that all of the time. IOW, I would never shave off of a hone without stropping first. I still do that . For the longest time the only way I would use paste or chrom ox was if the first pass wasn't up to snuff.

I would hit the chrom ox or the diamond before the second pass. Other than that I didn't use the stuff. Now I'm widening out a little bit and experimenting with diamond paste on balsa, barber hones.... just trying some well known techniques that are new to me. Keeps life interesting.