Dr dittmar leather hanging strop the dr dittmar hanging strop is made from premium russian leather and is used for daily stropping prior to shaving to align the microscopic teeth and give a fine edge to the blade the dr dittmar strop should be used with non abrasive strop paste yellow band the paste maintains the quality of the leather and prevents the leather from drying out with a workable area of 38 5 cm x 4 5 cm this leather strop has a swivel hoop allowing you to clip onto a hoo