SHARPAL204N Genuine Leather Strop with 53g / 2 Oz. Stropping Compound, Wide Size L 20cm x W 7.5cm

Great product, easy to use and really effective. First rate.

I have quite a few strops, but they were all either too rough, too thin, warped wooden base, poor leather, or just plain poor quality. Never be tempted to buy a strop because of its perceived low price! You get what you pay for! This is a very good size. Mine was nice leather stuck on a piece of good, flat wood. I used a good strop paste and was lovely at honing my blades to a razor’s edge very easily. Seller was punctual and the product just what I wanted. I really despise the buyers who give low star ratings because they don’t know how to use a strop. Don’t be put off by these numpties. It’s as good as you’re going to get unless you make your own.Edit: one year later this strop is now properly seasoned and I get ultra sharp blades from using this. Keep it flat when stowing away to prevent warping. A first class strop!

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!

Quality materials are used in the construction of the Sharpal stroppingblock, Maple wood, Non Slip rubber foot pads and thick Vegetable Tan leather. Using some double sided adhesive tape I've added a piece of 1200 grit emery paper to the underside with which to take out any slight nicks or chips in the blades edge, it works well and is a useful addition to the block so please feel free to add this yourself. Highly recommended.

It does what it's supposed to do

Great strip, angle stone is a great help, good quality. Only had it a few weeks but used a lot already and very pleased with the results.

Still practicing too easy to ruin sharpening off of stone

I don’t know why Amazon want me to mention this products “sheerness” and “thickness”, because they seem to be of no relevance to its use, but I’ll try a review anyway.It is, in effect, a piece of leather bonded to wood so by all means make you’re own if you want to source the materials and fit them in a way that guarantees non movement. You’ll probably find that, like me, even if you can do that, it will cost you about as much as just buying this one on Amazon.I find it works really well, polishes my expensive kitchen knives up real nice as long as they are already sharp. You could probably sharpen a blunt knife on it but I would suggest using a steel, wet stone or wheel grinder to do that, then use the strop after daily use to keep the knife in top condition.I wouldn’t recommend it for an axe or garden tools, it’s size means that it struggles to accommodate a carving knife so longer or heavier blades would be a real problem. Best use a grinding pebble and belt strop.Overall, no reason to hesitate, can’t beat the price for compound and strop and works as well as any other leather on wood I imagine.Also the thickness and the sheerness is just as I thought it would be.