SHARPAL 205H Leather Strop (Genuine Cowhide) 33 x 6cm Kit with 2 Oz. Polishing Compound & Angle Guide, Knife Stropping Block for Sharpening & Honing Knives, Straight Razor, Woodcarving Chisels

Straight out of the box this is a good product. The instructions are slightly awkwardly translated but don't let that make you think you made a mistake. This took a knife sharpened to the limits of what a grinding stone can achieve to sharp enough to shave with. If you're not used to using a strop then I strongly suggest you do your homework or you will ruin the leather. There's plenty of video guides and the guide via the QR code is sufficient to stop you messing up. The basic instructions on the box should also be read. Both leather slabs are very well fixed to a very sturdy board. Nothing flexes or feels loose. Both surfaces do the job they are required to do and do it well. This isn't a pick up and just go at it product. You need to take time to learn how to use it or you will ruin your blades or wreck the strop surface. I cannot stress this enough. I used this alongside the Sharpal dual-grit diamond stone to take an embarrassingly dull knife back to extremely sharp within half an hour of patient and careful grinding and stropping. I did this by learning properly how to use it and taking time over about a week before really going for it with any valuable knives.

Very solid strop, nice fit in the hand and not very heavy. The pad is nice and wide so it really helps for bigger blades.

Much better than the wide range of shorter strops, The handle and extra length gives you more working area between the lead-in and out zones and it is easy to hold without fingers getting in the way! The supplied "Green" Chromium/Aluminium oxide stropping compound, is adequate for my basic level of experience and removes the small burr left after sharpening with a stone. Some knife sharpeners recommend a diamond compound supplied in tubes. (once loaded with compound, changing to a finer grit may be unproductive).

What a great, simple piece of kit. I get so much more life out of all my leather cutting blades thanks to this Strop. I highly recommend.

Great product that can produce great results

I’ll leave a good review because I’m sure this is a great item, however mine came seemingly used and has a weird stain on the rough side.

Gives nice, sharp edges as it should, I'm happy with this strop

The dual strop appears to be well made. The suede side and smooth side are both nice and flat as well as firm so rounding over of cutting edges will hopefully not be an issue.

Its a nice one. Comfortable and sharps good. Love the both side

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Excellent product, well designed and made; the tiny pyramid is the key to maintaining the all-important stropping angle. Both sides of the paddle have the leather surface perfectly aligned to the wood base so there’s never any bulge or wave in the leather, that causes a change in the angle. And for those considering only buying the leather instead of this version: the leather fixed to the paddle- don’t! This is far more effective, you need the leather to be raised above your work bench (or kitchen platform) just that 25 or 30 mm, that this paddle provides. The included green compound (Al oxide) should last a long time. Good value, I initially thought this was an expensive purchase, now I don’t.

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