The backing for the 3M CrO microabrasive sandpaper is tough mylar plastic. Just for grins, I placed a strip on my tabletop, and started edge forward passes using a razor I don't use. It didn't dig in, so I kept increasing the angle I held the blade while forward passing. (Something I would never do, but which increases the chance of the edge digging into the CrO sandpaper.) Finally, I started applying increasing pressure.
No matter how hard I tried, I could not get the edge to dig into the sandpaper. I can guarantee that you can polish a razor with edge first passes on the 3M CrO microabrasive sandpaper all day long with no knicks or similar problems.
I ordered from Lee Valley. Here's the link if interested...
3M Micro-Abrasives for Sharpening - Lee Valley Tools