Quote Originally Posted by CarrieM View Post
A paddle strop isn't necessary at all. Practice a few times with a butterknife on your strop first making sure you keep it flat and flipping it over on the back edge. If you roll the edge of the razor it's not the end of the world, Most of us have done it a time or two
Ditto! I bought a really cheap razor, not shave worthy, to practice stropping with and it really helped. A butter knife should work well, too.