After doing much reading on the topic of using CrOx, I am still a little unsure about the expected results between plain linen, Crox'd linen, and Crox'd leather. I have an unpasted IRS 127 now and am getting a Jemico 23" Rusian leather soon. The leather on my 127 looks like it fell in a blender, but I have a good linen piece that I am debating on pasting.

My first question is, would you expect a difference between .5 CrOx on linen vs. CrOx on leather?

Second, I strop on plain linen about 1 out of every 10 shaves and just use leather on my daily shaves. Would my stropping on plain linen still be ok after using CrOx every now and then for touch-ups?

Lastly, with my finishing hone being a 12k, is a pasted strop really necessary, or can I just go from 12k to linen to leather?

Thanks!