I know that I did not get many responses on this topic and it is probably due to the fact that this has been very well covered many times. However, I think that was mainly because of poor communication on my part. Nevertheless, this may get archived or something and I am sure someone will search for something like this so I thought I would just leave my decision.
After some research and then speaking with a couple extremely long time Straight users, I came to this conclusion: For strops, all one really NEEDS is one canvas/leather strop, and one double sided sharpening strop. One doesn't need to treat the leather on the canvas/leather strop until it has some pretty good wear. As to the sharpening, many will say a four sided strop with all the diamond pastes. However, some veterans I think feel that really a double sided sharpening strop with 1 and .5 is all you need, and if you end up getting a four sided, maybe you can leave two slots open for future possibilities (but why spent the money? and it is harder to store). So for the double, most say that using the 1 diamond for 20 or so strokes and then doing the same on the .5 side will get the blade as prepared as needed. if that doesn't work the first time, then do it again, and it will most likely suffice. So here is an alternative, certainly a simpler idea that seems like good common sense. that is no slam against the other ideas however. It just seems like for me, that makes everything much less needlessly intensive and easy to follow. and for me, now that I have about 6 blades and have spent into the four figures (sheesh, but I got a SWEET Boker Damascus), and my technique is DOWN. haha. I seem to be all set with all that I need to shave as StraightRazor to the path to ZEN for as long as I want!

Thanks for all the great advice for everyone that participates on this site, there are really some great people here. This site is an asset for something that is a great hobby! I am out!!