I've been thinking about getting into more of the honing side of things, and wanted to get a 4 sided paddle strop to finish things off.
I have 2 questions:

First, is this a piece of junk? I would spend the money on a Thiers-Issard, but they are out of stock at classicshaving.

Second, I would like to paste it with Diamond 1.0, 0.5, 0.25 and Cro-Ox. Is there someone who I could send it to to be pasted, or should I purchase the syringes of diamond paste and a baggy of cro-ox?

Thanks all