Hello All,

I am very fresh to this website and the entire art of razor maintenance, but very excited to learn. I have shaved with a straight razor; however, the blades were disposable (which i can't find anymore) and after battling the other Gillette style razors I have decided to go back to the straight razor.

I have a quick question that i hope some of you can answer for me... I bought a new strop yesterday, from a knife shop, and now i feel i may have made a poor choice. It's a Erbe Solingen cow hide strop and it cost me $85 plus tax...did i pay too much? Or is this a quality strop worth this kind of investment?

Zamberg.com: First Class Cowhide-leather Honing Strop for Open Razors

I have found some strops on ebay that are around the $6 - $15 range plus shipping and they are horse hide and seem just as good...

Please advise
Thanks

Dave