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If it is real linen it is flax fiber. It has a much higher silicon content than cotton which is part of what makes it rot resistant. Flax linen is what the Egyptians used to wrap mummies.

I can see why G10 would trash tools, but is linen that abrasive? No wonder it works so well for strops.

Can you just cut that piece in half and put the two pieces together?

With paper epoxy micarta, I find the finish thickness to be really close to the paper thickness X N. In other words 12 pieces...