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I quite understand that paste will only take me so far, but since I'm buying a paddle anyways, why not paste it?

I may very well buy a hone at some point as I'm a big fan of doing these things...

I will try a hanging strop at some point, but right now I live in a rented house and even my bathroom's doorknob is a bit flimsy.

Say my budget is large enough but I don't want to be wasteful, how...

I actually don't have a straight yet but am looking at buying one from the classifieds. I guess I'll keep an eye out for a barber's hone as well.

Thanks for you r help!

I see. Well at least I know what I'm getting into.

Hypotheticallly, could a pasted strop do the same job as a barber hone? I'm just looking to maximize the potential of the paddle since that's what I''ll have to buy.

Oh, and happy new year to...

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I'm about to go from a DE to a straight, but before I start buying some gear, I'd like to know how long I can reasonably expect to keep an edge by using just a paddle strop (nowhere to hang a...