a money saving paddle strop can be made from a wooden paint paddle mixer from most d.i.y shops and an off cut of leather glued to it as if by magic a strop.
these were recommended in another thread after i asked. not got them yet though. 1000/6000 option
http://www.axminster.co.uk/ice-bear-japanese-combination-waterstones-prod22468/
Swissgealabs, I notice you don't use this for your Scandi-grind knives - I wondered how you sharpen you Scandi-grind knives?I made my own wee setup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3lekSIV1iM
does the job very well, you can precisely choose the kind of profile you like. easy to build and all materials (including abrasives) are cheapo.
disadvantage: rather large dimensions and not really portable