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Hey mate, I'm certainly no expert but I might start with a medium grit wet'n'dry, say around 400# or 600#.
You can always go lower if you feel you're not making progress....

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That's a nice blade and I wouldn't worry about your strop. I've never had any experience of pitting damaging a strop.
You could always make a paddle strop, right ? Ten bucks for a piece of leather...