Been going through the same strop dilemma myself - which essentially announces me as a complete newbie!

I've got to say the Walkin' Horse strops over at superiorshave call to me, wheras the four-times-cheaper starshaving strops don't. Aren't expensive tastes terrible?

I'm justifying myself by saying the Walkin' Horse is more of a longterm investment, and that with replacement leather strips starting at $24 - a little over the cost of the starshaving strop - novice strop damage isn't going to be the end of the world.

(I've got to lock up my wallet every time I visit this forum.)