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Jimmy, I read what I said in a post by Tony Miller in this thread:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/strops/25920-illinois-strop-numbers.html

Perhaps he was only referring to the Illinois 827. I...

My understanding is that Russian strops are setup backwards so you do not strop with the smoother side. I have a Russian strop and have had good results with it.

Al raz.