Mine has some very nice draw, not as much as my Illinois #827, which is an awesome strop, but this Roo strop is an absolutely gorgeous strop, medium draw, can feel it hugging the blade, nice resistance, and it's doing a great job with the edges on my blades. The 100% pressed felt backing option I had put on is great, it's like my old linen side on my Dovo strop that I pasted with the Dovo White / Grey paste, a very mild, chalky abrasive that further refines the edge.

The hard linen side of the Illinois strop is impregnated with cerium oxide, the linen side of is quite hard, like a ridged glass, also does a nice job at refining the edge.

I use both strops, kind of try to alternate between the two....but the Roo strop is IMO clearly a perfectly fine strop for the price...I just rub it daily with my palm.