You will find that there are a lot of razors and supplies sold by vendors on eBay that APPEAR to be of good quality, but in practice are crap. Unfortunately, but rightly, SRP does not allow negative comments about vendors so we cannot tell you which ones of them suck. Too often, they do a little reading on the forums, learn just enough to grasp the basics, and then start pretending to be experts. Caveat emptor!
Too true Ron, I would listen to the guy's on this site, it will save you in the long run.
Below is a little vintage paddle strop I picked up from Neil Miller. I applied Cerium Oxide to this strop. This may even be a little heavy whether you use CrOX or CeOX.
Mike