Quote Originally Posted by AFDavis11 View Post
Interesting. Let me ask an inverse question. Why would stropping on a towel be different than stropping on linen?
Softer material, lots of "sag" in the pile. Cotton produces a sharper edge than linen IMO but it's also slower thus requiring more laps, though the "sag" from the pile of the towel will speed it up the same way sag speeds up a linen strop.