Id think in your location you should be able to find some tanned roo and cut your own. Dont take much to make a clip for one end to hook to the wall. Leave the end you hold with no hardware. Id think this would be a cheap start. But as others have said. Practice. Use a butter knife, everyday, slow and steady. This will get you doing fine on the flips in no time. Stropping isnt hard to learn. Light preasure and go slow. Its not a race. Speed comes naturally with practice. I can go prety quickly if i want but i see no reason to go fast. Its not like its going to save you a lot of minutes going fast.