SHARPAL 204N Leather Strop (Genuine Cowhide) L 20cm x W 7.5cm

Handy size little strop for all your sharpening needs. The added green compound gives a sharp edge.

Learn how to use one properly! It's not rocket science but it's super easy to think you know what you're doing and destroy the surface. It's also really easy to round off your cutting edge and actually have the knife lose sharpness. The actual strop is a well shaped piece of wood with a flat piece of leather attached. On the underside is a pair of very sturdy non-slip feet. This means you can totally concentrate on the blade. It's going nowhere on a kitchen worktop. This is not flexing as you use it. The leather is very smooth so if you prefer a more suede feel surface it's not for you. There's nothing objectively wrong with the green wax based compound included and it will give good results. However, with a diamond based compound this comes into its own. Do not expect this to take a dull knife to sharp. This is not what it's for. Sharpen on a diamond stone first and remove as much of the burr as possible on the stone. If that made no sense go to YouTube and look up videos on the topic. If you don't know about these things you may well get poor results and blame the product. With proper use alongside a sharpening stone this strop took a kitchen knife (pictured) to being like a razor. It's also a very good size for even the longest kitchen knives. I cannot fault this product.

Great value. Good quality construction and materials. This strop is impressively flat and smooth. The base is solid beech. The leather is thick with a tight nap. It works really well as a strop. My only reservations are with the green honing compound. There are better compounds available. Finally, the leather is a bit soft when new but it should develop a patina in use. Overall, this strop is great value. Recommended!

Very happy and surprised on how well it works first time using a strop the non slip feet are good no sliding around. Very impressive 👏 👍

This is a really nice strop. Not the cheapest, but by no means poor value at the roughly seventeen quid I paid. The veg-tan leather is thick, flat and even, the base is solid beech with rubber feet, and it fits nicely in the recess on the lid of a Sharpal 75x200mm diamond stone storage box. Like most of the reviewers, I bought this to use with a diamond polishing compound rather than the green waxy stropping compound it came with. I'm about to buy another to use with an even finer diamond compound. The back of it is nice and flat, so you could attach another bit of leather and make it double sided, though to retain the rubber feet, which stop it sliding around, you'd either need very thin leather or thicker feet. (I did actually try out the supplied green compound - a mix of aluminium and chromium oxides, apparently, in a waxy matrix - just as a polish on a rag, and I have to say it's more than adequate - I've no reason to think it wouldn't make a perfectly fine job of honing knives.)

Brilliant strop, and combined with the Sharpal diamond stone, gives a razor sharp finish. Great quality and a terrific flat finish with a robust anti slip base, make this a pleasure to use.

Sharper chisels and plane irons

I’ve got a few strips now and I’m not convinced with this one I got the double sided beavercraft one it’s better the flat peace of leather without wood handle is best

Buen kit aunque lo uso sin la cera verde creo que no es necesario y mi cuchillo queda bien después del afilado! Se agradece el que incluyan los accesorios. Algún día le aplicaré la cosa esa verde a ver si hay diferencia…

Enfin cela coupe, après avoir essayé beaucoup d'aiguiseur avec des résultats "bof", la finition avec ce cuir change tout.On se prendrait presque pour un Japonais

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this is an absolute must have to finish off your knife edge! so cheap for the results if gives your knives. literally puts a polished hair shaving edge on a properly prepared edge from a good stone. the 3"x8" is the perfect size for kitchen knives.