Quote Originally Posted by JeffR View Post
Does the "fine" side of a Gator Grit brand model 6063 "coarse/fine" stone count? I have no idea what the grit actually is; it seems to be about 1000 grit-ish. Finishing on that and then stropping on canvas and then leather (Illinois #361 strop) gave a pretty good shave. Not great, but not bad at all. Kind of surprising, actually. I'm guessing that decent stropping can make up for a lot of roughness off the hone.
It certainly counts if that is what you use to set a bevel.

Yes, stropping can make up for some roughness off the hone, but the big lesson here is that if the bevels are not set, then stropping ain't gonna fix that.