I'm new here. This is my first post on this forum. I have been straight razor shaving for about a week and a half now and have had great success with the information that I have absorbed while lurking here. I bought a Morris Collegiate from Tony Miller and it shaves very well. I have a flat strop from Hand American that I had been using on my knives before the razor business came about. So far I have just been using the smooth, unpasted side and one of two things is happening. Either the razor is getting sharper or I am getting better at shaving with it. I think is is a little of both. The other side is charged with the green chromium oxide that Hand American sends with their products. I have no idea what type of size the abrasive would be in it (1 micron? .5 micron?). Is this suitable to use on a razor? Will it do a little more than the smooth, unpasted leather strop?