Which side of leather strop to paste?

Hey guys, I tried doing a search and couldn't come up with the proper answer.


I have a hanging leather strop that I use as my regular strop. One side is smooth and this is obviously the side I do my regular stropping on; however the other side is "rough" and unfinished leather and I was wondering if I could apply CrO paste to it so I could flip my strop over when needed and do some re-touching to my razor.

Just basically wondering if the rough side of a leather strop is safe to strop on.


Thanks

As long as the leather is supple and defect free, there should be no problem.