Strop source in Australia?
I'm just starting out with straights (I've been wetshaving with DE's and SE's for years but have always been a bit chicken about straights) and I'm slowly putting my rig together. I have a razor, I just ordered a barber hone and I guess I will pick up a Norton hone when the budget allows...
I have a strop but it is just an ebay cheapy and now I have discovered you guys, and read a lot more, I'm thinking it is not good enough and want to start with something reliable.
Can anyone recommend somewhere or someone in Australia who can supply a good quality starter strop? I don't need anything fancy but, as a newby, I need to be able to trust that my failures are because of my technique rather than my equipment.
Also, I was reading about stropping on newspaper. Would this suffice until I can lay my hands on a leather strop? I don't really want to start until I have at least the basic equipment.