I thought I was already familiar with stropping. Stropping a razor is different. The dozen nicks I've put in this beginner strop prove there's a specialized learning curve for razor stropping. Get this one first, or in addition to, a nicer one.

This strop was purchased two years ago as part of a beginner straight razor kit that I put together for my husband for Christmas. It gave him the ability to learn without the fear of damaging a more expensive strop, and now that he uses a full-size strop I expect him to keep this one as a back-up.

I never received this product after paying for it. I have tried emailing customer services multiple times without any response. :(

Strop is as described and used in his video, regarding the use of strops. The strop is very useful for training for new users, before they make a more significant purchase. However it size and material does make it a nice travel strop. Customer Service was excellent.