I have bought 3 strops from Tony. First was a #1 2.5" wide in red latigo, which to be honest was perfect in every way. I sold it to a friend when I 'upgraded' to a #1 3" wide red latigo.

However I didn't get on so well with the 3" wide one, and found it started to 'cup' a little, i.e. curl up at the edges. I'm sad to say I destroyed it in a bad attempt to get it flat again, in hindsight I really should have asked Tony's advice before I took a sander to it.

So strop number 3 is now on it's way. This time I went with a Paragon 2.5" in horsehide, I asked Tony to make it without a canvas side as I didn't use that very much anyway, and as a plus it reduced the cost a little.

I can't wait to try it out now!