Sharp Pebble Premium Leather Strop for Knife Sharpening with Polishing Compound - Sharpening Strop for Knives, Straight Razor, Chisels - with eBook Guide

I mostly use this on chisels but it can be used on any non-serrated knife as well. The green abrasive is great for sharpening with this leather strop for the final touches. It stays where you put it and doesn’t wander even with a lot of pressure which you really don’t need to use. It’s soft but not soft enough that it rounds corners. I redid a whole chisel blade with it and some diamond stones and it worked great to finish them up. I mostly use it for light sharpening as I don’t let most of my chisels get in too bad of shape.

This Strop is high quality and well built. The compound is a great addition as well. This strop does in fact finish your blade to a mirror finish, which just screams sharp. The customer service as well is unparalleled. They reached out several times to make sure I was satisfied along with a link which included instructions on how to use and take care of the strop "which I highly recommend you read".With that I have a cautionary tale.I'm a Chef in a major city and I've spent a lot of money on my knives and tools and I needed a high-quality strop to take care of my knives and tools. So, when I found this strop for such a great price, I was extremely excited to get it. "maybe a little too excited" the second it arrived I went to work on putting mineral oil on it and rubbing on the compound. I grabbed my first knife and without using a proper "J" strop on my 8" chef knife (at NO fault to the quality of the product) the tip of my knife caught an edge and cut right into the leather (which they do warn you about in the linked instructions). I then rubbed in some more compound which covered up the cut pretty well; However, my advice is to be patient, take your time, read the link they send you and possibly watch a couple YouTube videos on how to strop your specific tool or knife. Once you think you can be comfortable with how to use the strop, then all you need to remember is take your time and be patient. Again, it’s a solid well-built product that I even use to hone my knives between uses, and it does in fact put a mirror finish on the edge of my knives.In conclusion: I'm going to be purchasing another one. Not just because It’s an excellent product and I highly endorse it. but also, because I'm OCD and want one without a cut on it. "even though the cut is barely noticeable"; Furthermore, I'm going to keep the primary strop I purchased at the restaurant for myself and my fellow Chef's to hone and polish their tools. The new one I purchase I'll keep at home for my own private use.I hope this is helpful and useful information to any future and potential buyer. I also want to thank Sharp Pebble for the amazing product and support.Note: I'll be adding pictures and a possible video review in the near future.

The leather could be softer and of higher quality. Like the strop size and shape 8" by 3", if came with a wood cover would be better. Rubber base to keep strop from sliding when in use is nice feature. Haven't used the strop yet, so can't speak to it effectiveness or usefullness. Mark Schreibman

I love this product. The one thing you must keep in mind is that you will need to develop some level of skill to get the most out of this product. The effort is well worth it! A cooking or camping knife can be brought to a true razors edge with this leather strop.

I'm using it with the 1000/6000 sharpening stone and I'm getting great results.

It is a good size, does not move around while you use it. Reasonable priced.

I recently decided to resurrect all my dull knives....I mean, really dull knives! I initially purchase the KING KW65 1000/6000 Grit Combination Whetstone and set about sharpening all my knives after viewing a number of youtube videos on the subject. My very first ever attempt at sharpening a knife (8" Chef's knife) produced a very sharp blade that cut through vegetables, meats, and newspaper with ease. I then sharpened all my other knives using the whetstone.I wanted a strop to maintain the edge as I used the knives so I purchased the Sharp Pebble leather strop with compound. You need to heat up the strop a bit to get the compound to evenly cover the strop. I didn't have a hair drier but I did have a heating pad. So I covered the leather strop with the heating pad to let it warm up and then rubbed the compound bar all over the strop. I then covered the strop again (covered top with cling/saran wrap) with the heating pad on top. I was then able to rub/smear around the compound evenly over the entire strop.After stropping several of my knives I could definitely feel that the edges were even sharper than just sharpening on the whetstone (even at 6000 grit). The edge of my knives now have a super fine mirror edge and cut through newspaper like it's warm butter! Very pleased with this strop and highly recommend it to anyone looking to maintain and fine tune their blade edges on their knives. I'm primarily talking about kitchen cutlery as I really don't have any other types of knives at home.The leather strop is very nice and comes well packaged. It is a bit pricey compared to some others but that is likely because the strop is attached to a wooden based with a non-slip pad on the bottom. I will say that I don't think the leather is true raw hide type leather. It looks to be more of a man-made "bonded" leather annealed to a firm base. Nonetheless, I feel that for the type of application it is being used for....stropping, it works just fine.Again, I highly recommend this strop to get razor sharp edges on your knives and to maintain the edges between sharpenings.