I have been unlucky with 2 old strops, 1 came with a bundle of 12 straights and a coti i got from an old barber, the razors and coti were fine, but the leather in the stop was perishing, the other one came with a razor i got from the bay, a lovely razor, but again the strop was falling apart and unusable, if i wanted a old strop, i would have to see it before i buy it, so e bay is out of the eqaution.