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You might be surprised. 240 laps is only about two minutes time, once your stropping speed is up there. It isn't necessarily faster than a barber hone, but neither is it necessarily much slower,...

I believe Chris Moss uses the diamond side of his Illinois strop the same way, as a linen substitute. One of these days I'll have to try one.

Actually, I do it with the linen side of my strops, which are mostly vintage, TM, and Kanoyama. Glad it worked for you.