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I'm not disagreeing with you that it's infinitly better, once again if you refer to some of my above posts I recommend a strop, I am just of the opinion that it's not, strictly speaking, needed and...

To the contrary, Newspaper is harsher than leather and requires less laps, as for the palm of your hand, if it's good enough for Maestro Livi I imagine it's good enough for the rest of us.

I would...

I started with one of those, I completely forgot about them.

Certainly give a close shave. You do have the issue of two spike points to deal with, and they are a little harsher to shave with....

As far as I know, leather was not designed to maintain a razor, it's just a happy coincidence that has been turned into a marketable product.

So yer, you don't need one, I recommend you get one...

You don't really 'need' a strop, but, I would highly recommend it and so will just about every one else. You can just use the palm of your hand, or newspaper, but it's less than ideal really. You can...