I would appreciate it if experienced users would post pictures of their daily use strops in order to show other users who might worry too much about their strops not being usable anymore because of a little nick or nicks in them. (Experienced users only please) that doesn't mean you have to have a lot of posts just please use your judgement about how experienced you think you are. Not to knock any newer members or medium experienced members like myself but rather to limit the body and range of opinion to those whose knowledge we have come to trust on a subject that can be very subjective. I'll start with mine, I don't put myself in the experienced category but I'm just trying to get the ball rolling. It has some nicks but still seems to work fine. I'll eventually sand it a little and put some Neat Feat oil on in those areas that were sanded to refresh it but for the most part my razor still runs smooth across it, no pot holes are bumping feeling when stropping.