Made by a true American craftsman. This is an endangered species. I do what I can to support such people. The small shop hand made item with such a strict attention to detail will not be found in Wal Mart. Aside form the quality I nicked my strop a couple of times learning the rhythm. Sure glad it was the practice and not my beautiful red heirloom #1 3”. I still don’t feel worthy to strop on it. Maybe in a couple of weeks.