hi im odinn i came via a forum called british blades i recently joined, i was really glad to find bruno's post which offered a link to this site. anyway ive been using a straight razor for the past couple of years sometimes succesfully other times very painful and it was more of a scrape than a shave, i use a dovo 5/8 which i bought from selfridges for £60 but i cut corners on the purchase of a strop i got 1 of ebay cheap. so my question is what is the best strop to use as i find my razor is better off a stone than the strop.