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Many people make a fine finishing strop from these and some prefer the roughness for all their stropping. I myself like it as an in between step but I can imagine for a heavy meat chopper they may be...

I think what I said (or meant anyway) was that I find it best as a preliminary strop, before using a smooth one. I used to pair it with a 127 which is identical but smooth, made from the skin side of...