Thread: Wanting to get a strop where to start?

I happen to like that strop very much. I use it often. There are two schools of thought .... one says get as cheap a strop as you can because you'll nick it in the beginning. The other is to get a 'good' strop and don't worry about nicks, they may come, but just take it slow, and practice. I'd say get the strop and if you want to practice on something else use a belt to get the muscle memory and coordinated stropping down. One thing I read that was of great use was to practice flipping the razor on the strop without making the back and forth stroke. Just flipping the razor. When you have that down begin moving the arm. AF Davis has some real good videos on stropping here.