I am not a flipper, I am a lifter. I stop at one end and lift and flip.

Partly cause flipping is how I ate my other strop up. So know I lift and flip.

Really the only, and I mean the only thing that matters is that you edge doesn't suffer.

If you start to notice that the shave quality starts to decline quickly. Try stropping slowly in the traditional manner and see what that gets you.

I have a microtome that I strap in one direction then the other, but that is because of its one sidedness.