Naked ArmorStropping Leather Strop - Straight Razor Sharpening & Leather Knife Sharpener, Brass Hooks, Linen Stropping Belt, Leather Strop for Knife Sharpening, Razor Blade Sharpener, Shave Strop

I purchased a straight razor recently. Because of that, I felt like this was a necessary purchase.Long story short, I'm still afraid of that razor and taking my time to get used to it. In the meantime, I'm still using my Gillette Fusion razor. Every two months, for the more than 15 years, I've used one refill to shave my head and face...and that was at least three times a week. I would stroke the blade 20 times over a towel to debur it upon completion. I was good with it. This strop is sooooo much better than a towel. I may be able to use my razer three months.

bought this about a month ago, pretty decent strop for the price. The leather a little thin but been having no problems with the length or the thickness of the leather. The jean material used for the other one is decent and one side can be used. The other side of the jean material not really usable because of the big middle stitching. Other than that been having no problems keeping my straight razors nice and sharp. The stitching on the jean one is the reason I gave this product four stars and not five. With the large and wide stitching be in the middle of the reverse side of the jean material I can not place honing product and cant get a rehone done... but all good

It will get the job done, but it isn't robust or sufficiently strong/abrasive enough to get that super keen edge on my knives or razors.

The product is a "Strop" and if functions well enough. It is rather short in length and narrow in width, which makes it a bit difficult to use since the raze must be "stropped" at an angle other than perpendicular to the strop itself in order to get a uniform edge along the entire length of the blade. It does do what I need it to do, even if it is less convenient in doing so than I had expected, but other than that the product is just fine, and the vendor did provide good service in shipping it.

Working as advertised

I purchased this product on the simple knowledge that it was going to be my throwaway Leather Strop. This is the poor man's inexpensive strop and helps with memory motor support. I enjoy using this simple Leather Strop as it goto and was my first Strop. It's jus 2" at the widest range. I learned from using this Strop, cross over pattern when I was learning to Lap my Razor"s. Now, I've said it prior, I did purchase this product on the simple knowledge that it was going to be my throwaway Leather Strop.. My Strop has a bunch of knicks and cuts that, Bandaids are certainly out of the question.. This Strop is certainly in my opinion the Strop you want to learn on when you first learn to lap your Straight Razors. Fortunately with my Leather Strop it helped with my learning curve at Lapping my Straight Razors. This certainly isn't the best Strop to stay with but you can use it when you haven't cleaned your Straight Razors in awhile. So, go ahead and order one and use it to learn on before you buy those expensive and beautiful Leather Strops out on the Market.

I thought to replace my first all leather strop I would get this one which has cloth and metal as well. This leather is thin and ineffective, and the metal studs make the total usable length shorter further decreasing the functionality. I still keep it around for the clasp which I attached that first strop to and still use despite the wear and tear.

The leather used was extremely dry and really not workable, I had to condition it a little to get the proper stropping actions.