Thread: Strop Pastes (yes another one)

Ok here goes. I've been honing for about a month now, and have had some pretty good results so far. Started out with a Butcher Brothers and have since honed an Otto Fromm Redhead. I start on a King 1000 and move up to a Norton 4k/8k. I've been getting some ok shaves off the Norton 8k side. I've just been using a cheap leather/linen combo strop. I have one side of the linen treated with Dovo red paste and the other side with Dovo black paste. and have been using first the Red and then the Black after leaving the Norton. My question is this, Would I see any difference or should I say improvement with trying out some Chromium Oxide paste? if so, what would be the Best grit to use, and is it ok to use them with a Hanging linen strop? I have some Balsa, and can make a hone out of it if I need to, but was wondering if I could get better results from using the hanging linen strop, and if the Chromium Oxide paste would be better than the Dovo pastes I'm using now? Thanks in advance for your help guys/gals.