Reddit reviews Tandy Leather Leather Strop w/Wood Handle 3325-00

I use a King 250/1000 and a strop with some buffing compound.

A strop can get you an even keener edge. A steel helps to align a rolled edge which occurs with knife use.

This seems like a pretty good strop. You'll also need a fine abrasive compound such as a paste, wax, or emulsion to help the stropping process. The recommended green block compound looks pretty good. I havent used it myself, since just about anything will work. I personally use red and green razor strop pastes and they get me to a nice mirror finish.

I think I've helped enough beginners with that little thing on the side bar....

But whatever, I'll play this game and set him up for immediate success and long term success for when he outgrows the old shitty leather belt strop.

Smiths Coarse and Fine 4" diamond stone for 14 bucks- I will personally attest to the quality of this thing, while the fine side is about 750 grit, it does a fantastic job. I own and use this piece of kit daily, works just fine.

Or this Norton Crystalon or whatever coarse and fine stone for as cheap as 10 bucks-I've used this one too to very good effect.

Green buffing paste 3 bucks-Chromium oxide buffing paste, I use the shit sometimes on my buffing wheels and once upon a time on strops. It works fine.

Paddle strop for 10 bucks-Should work just fine, and it's made to be a strop, the leather is tanned to be a strop, and it'll be better for the dude to learn on equipment appropriate for the task, as that's what it was manufactured for and not ghetto rigged.