You've got to remember - Ilija has stock in sandpaper and chromium oxide companies

All joking aside, I can't speak to the chromium oxide though my arm's been twisted enough that I have a tube on its way from HandAmerican.

I'll agree with Ilija if you're just trying to maintain the edge, from what I hear the best way to go is ChromOx.

I just got my 2-sided bench hone from Tony today. Simple but elegant and functional. Guess what's going on one side of it I haven't decided on the other.

I have a paddle with the diamond pastes in various grits and they all work well but I think I like the edge better off of a Norton. I'm told that diamond is very hard and can actually leave micro-chips in the blade edge and while microchips are good in electronics - not so good on my face. I'm looking forward to using the ChromOx next time I want to touch up the blade so I can make a comparison between the diamond pastes, Norton and green paint.

I don't know how any of this works with stainless, remember I just a young'un in the shaving world.