Originally Posted by
Pete_S
It sounds like you might think that pasting a strop is something that you can do, then undo. Once you apply paste to a strop its pretty much permanent. You can get most of the paste off, but not all, there always will be an abrasive action on that strop. I guess you could sand pretty deep into the leather to get rid of the paste, but that would likely mess up the strop.
You can get linen only strops from thewellshavedgentlemen or straightrazordesigns.
A pasted strop is something that is used in place of honing, you use it when the razor starts to get dull. The linen and leather strops maintain the edge, but don't remove any metal, like a pasted strop does.
The simplest set up, in my opinion, is a hanging leather/linen combo strop and a leather only strop for CrO paste-thats what makes Tony Millers second strop offer so great. If your current leather strop is really nice, I'd go ahead and just buy a linen strop, then maybe buy something like those pasted paddle strops Rayman sells in the classifieds, they're pretty cheap. If you have something like an Illinois strop I'd just buy a nice strop from TM or SRD, and paste the one I have now.