Castle33 does the newspaper strop have any stropping benifits, or is it the veritable "wooden sword" of the stropping world? I am going to use it either way but I don't want to over strop (which I hear can damage the razor) basically I am starting out having sharpened blades 2 different ways, knife sharpening and sword/ axe sharpening and they are very different techniques, but neither are as precise as razor sharpening and both are much more forgiving (the way it's been explained to me) so I am being overly cautious with what I am doing, therefore a practice medium would be a wonderful tool for me