finish on 3micron pasted strop or N12k
i purchased a paddle strop from royal shave along with a naniwa 12k. i didn't realize that the balsa side of the strop was pasted with 3micron "red" paste when purchasing and now i have a question or two.
it's hard to get an idea of how 3m paste relates to grit. i've seen everything from 5k to 8k. my understanding of the process is that you generally finish higher. would that mean i should strop on balsa than go to the nani then back to leather? this is a dovo carpe diem. not sure if it's carbon or not but it does have a grey/gun metal color to it.