Fromm Razor Strop 2 1/2" X 23"

 (27 customer reviews)

tl:dr - "Great decorative item or commemorative gift" translates as, "Not suitable for actual stropping your straight razors"

There are plenty of good reviews on this item so I may have simply gotten a lemon, but this is why I rate it so low.

1) It came heavily cupped, making it unable to strop a razor at all.
2) Stiff as a board, (made correcting the cupping a real pain).
3) It was waxed too heavily, it had no grab whatsoever on my straight razor.
4) It came with no instructions on breaking in a strop, when it so desperately needed it.
5) Useless bull's head imprint means 5 inches less of usable strop.

If you don't know what cupping is, it is where the edges of the strop are raised higher than the rest, so when you strop the only parts of the blade that actually touch the strop are the toe and heel. To correct this, I had to do a lot of research online to find ways of flattening the surface without damaging it, and put in about 4...Read more

I'm not an expert when it comes to strops and straight razors, but if you are a knife collector (as I am) a strop is a must-have for finishing off those knives and getting a razor edge. This does exactly that, and does it well. Plus it is a good price, made in the USA, and is eligible for Amazon Prime shipping. You can't beat this, get it.

My 2¢

If you use a straight razor, you need a strop. This is a strop- nothing fancy, just good hard linen on one side and nice smooth leather on the other. The price is right on this one, and it leaves my razor with a perfect edge every time.