I just received a beautiful flax linen strop off of ebay by as seller named
davidwork2003. It's competitively priced and he uses leather end-caps and hardware from a well respected strop maker. I haven't used it just yet, but I was impressed with the quality and craftsmanship of the strop. I finally get to test out a flax linen strop, I'm very excited (I'm a razor nerd). Dave also restores Sheffield razors and though I have never personally bought any of his razors, the work he does looks first rate.
Does anyone have experience using flax linen strops, thoughts on how they perform vs. other materials?