Welcome to the porch, Chris!

Paul Womack (Bugbear) says he uses cereal box cardboard charged with 
abrasive compound for stropping. (He told me this after I bought a leather 
strop.) I haven't tried it myself, but cardboard may dub the edge a little 
less than soft leather.

I use Simichrome Polish on a leather strop. The polish comes in a toothpaste 
tube and it works very well for me. Stropping definitely gave me a better 
edge than Scary Sharpening up to 1000 grit emery paper. I was unable to find 
2000 grit, so can't say whether stropping will improve your edge over the 
2000 grit treatment.

Hope this helps.

Rob in Winnipeg
Galoot Canuck

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