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When honing is required, that's what I generally do also -- just start with the very coarse and work my way up. It may not be the best way; but, for me it's the surest and the fastest way.

I have found that pasted strops tend to round the edge a bit, requiring more aggressive honing when honing is finally required. For this reason, I use pasted balsa and pasted leather on wood backing...