I've had great success with stones for years. This is a good place to start choosing the right "coarseness" of the stone you need is important also. This usually depends on the conditioin of the edge when you get started. It's alot easier and faster if you have a fine,medium, and coarse stone to have "ready at hand" for any type of edge condition. Draw the same number of times on each edge with the same pressure and drawdirection (toward the edge).
I have a ceramic system I use occaisionally, after the stone work. This most of the time will even further, "razor-up" the edge. Follow the instructions you get with your system and you'll be fine. So many of them differ slightly, but accomplish the same thing.
As far as the strope work, I do not have one , but my father did. If done correctly, the edge can be incredibly sharp. It's mostly used to finish up the sharpening cycle. You will want to draw the knife away from the edge. If you draw it toward the edge, the knife will cut into the leather and the draw will be interrupted. Busse did make a small strope at one time, but for the Rell Razor, you may want a larger one to do the work.
Hope this helped a little, the more you sharpen, the better you become. Be safe...........Sniper Hog
