An update on the strop...
I received the cheap leather strop with a cheap razor today.
Ok, the leather strop is cheaper than I though...
And the straight razor is even worst. It is a nice.......POS.
After using the 2 good straights I already have, I know what is a good razor, and I wouldn't try to shave with that razor. Well, yes, I tried to hone it and tried the strop I got with it, and then I tried to shave with it a bit. There's no way it will cut any hair on my face, and never cut any of the hairs left on my left arm...
Anyway, I ordered the razor and a couple more to experiment with them, and will use that razor to practice the stroping movement on the strop. But it will never touch my skin again, unless I can make it sharp enough.
So the experts are right, stay away from those.
Gilles