Originally Posted by mslovacek
Xman,
I actually use a hanging strop made from a piece of 10oz leather with green paste. It works wonders for establishing an initial bevel. I have found that it needs additional stropping on another strop with the red paste to get it shave ready. I think green paste is way too course of a cutting agent to bring the razor to a shave ready condition. Perhaps there are finer chromium oxide pastes on the market, of which I have no experience with.
I love this hobby so much, there are so many ways of to approach the sharpening of razor, and good people to help out along the way!
Happy shaving,
Mark.