Thread: Cheap leather strops from eBay?

The dimensions say it is a little over 1 foot long. Just throwing that out there...

Originally Posted by PMH

Of course I can afford an expensive strop and I will buy a proper strop once I know I probably wont nick it anymore.
Right now it just feel stupid spending a lot of money on something I will probably destroy the first time I use it.

But at least I now know that I should stay away from the cheapest ones. I think I might buy this one that has been recommended to me, not to expensive and it's in the UK so no extra taxes for me in Sweden.

Please accept my apology. Of course your logic makes sense. Please allow me to make a suggestion: Whipped Dog Straight Razor Sales the item goes for $19USD. I have no idea how that translates with currency exchange, customs, etc. It's called the poor man's strop kit. It's the one I started with and in fact I still use the leather strop as a travel strop and still have and use the pasted balsa strop.

Originally Posted by PMH

Of course I can afford an expensive strop and I will buy a proper strop once I know I probably wont nick it anymore.
Right now it just feel stupid spending a lot of money on something I will probably destroy the first time I use it.

But at least I now know that I should stay away from the cheapest ones. I think

You may be able to sand you current stop and continue to practice with it until you purchase a better strop.

Originally Posted by newb

You may be able to sand you current stop and continue to practice with it until you purchase a better strop.

That's what I did. It's messy and can get frustrating, but it works.