Wow! What a great variety of responses! Thank you! I will have to reread these posts several times to derive full benefit
FWIW, I have a water based Chromium Oxide mix that I use just on my Balsa strop. I ordered some Chromium Oxide paste from SRD for around 20 clams-it's the .5 micron paste. Have a really nice Bridle/Latigo leather dual strop and plan on applying the Chromium Oxide paste to the Bridle Leather, as I already have a Bridle leather Big Daddy Strop, but no Latigo Leather strop. Also bought a block of .5 micron Chromium Oxide from Sharpening Supplies.com. They call it their "green honing compound". Any feedback on either of these products is greatly appreciated-Great forum!-Gearhead