I have three strops from Star Shaving that are working well for me .

Leather Hanging Strops

Won't break the bank and well made for the price . Many rave about Tony miller strops ...on my list to try one day .

Good luck ,

Scott

Quote Originally Posted by bridger View Post
My nephew is graduating from school in a couple of weeks. He has expressed an interest in straight razor shaving, so I'm thinking to set him up with a decent starter kit.

one of my vintage straights, with new scales and shave ready.
the VDH brush, bowl and soap starter kit
a strop and a standing offer to hone for him, and/or teach him to hone when he is ready to get some stones


my strop is a vintage one I've had for upwards of 20 years. I've made many strops since then for various uses, but never a razor strop. I could buy the hardware and leather, but given the time frame I think I'd rather pick up a ready made one.

did I mention that I'm a cheap bastard.... and a stickler for function?

considering that his interest in straights may not last all that long, and that my budget is pretty limited, I'm looking for a "best bang for the limited buck" type of strop. I see some ridiculously cheap chinese ones on ebay- and I'm guessing that like chinese razors, there are the ones that with a little work can be made into perfectly good users and ones that no amount of working on will produce a functional piece. or maybe some of you can point me to a source of high quality hardware and leather at prices too low to ignore.

I'd also like to have a few "extra" strops to play with- I'd like to try one charged with 100,000 grit diamond, for instance. but for cheap, of course.


so what say you, internet shavers? what is the cheapest best strop out there?

BB