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Yup, incorrect stropping breaks off the fin/edge and then you have a chip or a completely wiped out edge.

Depending on the size of the chip and the aggressiveness of the paste, a pasted strop can...

“Incorrect stropping will make this misalignment worse, or in extreme cases break off tiny parts of the edge. Again, we're still on a microscopic scale here. At most a few thousandths of an inch, or...