I bought mine from Tony Miller and I think it all came to $85. He does great work and this thing will last a lifetime. I still consider it my best purchase of all the straight razors, soaps, and brushes I have purchased. It is at the center of maintaining all of my razors. My leather strop can only do so much in maintaining the edge I prefer and that is when I get out this paddle strop. Example, one razor can go 6 shaves with just leather stropping, then it needs 5 - 10 passes on the
.50 Chrom Ox or if the razor has a lot of time on it, say 70 shaves, then 10 passes on the 1.0 and 10 and .50.
It will also extend the time between stone honings as it is a light honing tool. You know its time for a stone honing when you can still get the edge sharp, but the shave is harsh. A sign that the bevel needs to be reestablished by a stone honing.
Good Luck,
Pabster