Sharp Pebble Classic Leather Strop kit with Polishing Compound- Knife Stropping Block for Sharpening & Honing- Knives, Straight Razor, Woodcarving Chisels - with eBook

As an ex- butcher turned Chippy I' pretty fanatical about things being sharp, and the Sharp Pebble range ensures just that. Quality products that do the job!

I purchased a bamboo mounted leather sharpening strop from Sharp Pebbles having found them via a web search. The goods arrived very quickly, with the sharpening paste and very clear instructions. Follow-up was excellent. I am very happy to recommend them. Geoff Mills, Beckley, Oxon.

I have some other strops, which are easier to use and produce better results, but it looks beautiful and does work. The green compound doesn't go on that easily, but you can hone an edge.

Very nicely packaged, and a lovely quality honing leather, together with honing compound. Would be happy to buy again. Streets ahead of anything twice the price. Well done!

bought it to sharpen my wood carving knives, but also use it to sharpen kitchen knives as well, really easy to use and really works

Ease of use, about as easy as you would expect a piece of 3mm piece of leather stuck to a bamboo wood block to be, but in this case with one caveat. Although I pretty convinced that the leather component is indeed leather throughout, sadly the surface preparation of the leather leaves a lot to be desired. Frankly, it's simply too hard and too dense and impenetrable. Not sure what they did to the leather but when touched it feels almost plasticky. How this was intended to absorb and retain a stropping compound I can't possibly imagine. Fortunately I was able to solve the problem by rubbing the leatherside on a flat sheet of sand paper to remove the top to reveal the raw unprepped leather underneath, so it looked more like suede. Then I had to be careful to remove all traces of residual sanding grit that had become embended in the surface, with a stiff bristle brush. Only after this could I effectively apply the honing compound.

good looking unit, does the job

Very nicely presented and all that but far too fragile for workshop use. Admittedly the first little nick in the leather was because I accidentally made the tiniest forward movement when sharpening a chisel - but I subsequently tore the surface in two other places while pulling a bench-plane blade backwards in the approved manner. Basically the leather is way too soft for stropping woodworking tools. After a week I threw it away and made my own out of a bit of leather reclaimed from an old briefcase glued onto a block of 22mm birch ply. Works much better and I can use the reverse face of the plywood as a hard stropping surface for polishing out the flat sides of chisels and plane irons. So, all in all the most expensive small block of polishing compound I've ever bought!

Once you get a knife sharp with whetstones, this easy-to-use leather strop literally gives it a razor edge. Not only that, but if you give your knife a couple quick swipes after using it, you'll retain a razor edge for a long, long time without having to use your stones again. In fact, I now only use my stones once per year, and that's great because stones eat away at your knife's material...and a stop takes away no material. Now this strop DOES have an optional polishing compound, and that DOES eat away at your knife's metal. BUT...if you just use it once, you'll never have to use the polishing agent again...just drizzle a little water onto the strop, give a couple swipes with your knife, and you're good-to-go once again. I use stones and then this strop on paring knives up to my big butcher knives. PS Want a bonus? If you switch to safety razors, you can resharpen used blades in seconds. I use a Henson razor and have had quick, perfect shaves for years w/o ever a single nick or bit of razor burn, and at 10-cents per blade...yeah, do the math. :D And now for giggles, I used this strop on a razor blade and have sharpened my current one repeatedly for a couple months.

I am just starting to develop a system to care for my knives and cutting tools. Historically, I have kept a stone and grinder for chisels and axers, but I am only now learning to effectively care for my knives. In part, because I am acquiring better knives but also because as I become a better chef, I am starting to recognize how essential sharp knives are to better tast and presentation. The Sharp Pebble Classic Leather Strop kit is my latest addition to that process. It is a little more expensive than some but it is a quality product, it includes polishing compound, and the Sharp Pebble team has great resources to help you get up and running if you are new to all the subtle variants you can apply to ensuring the sharpest cutting edge. I have already taken a few nicks out of the finish but I am becoming more comfortable and skilled with the process. It is always good to buy something of quality, because I believe this strop will survive my learning process whereas I suspect I would already be in the process of replacing many other products.

Very good quality. I let the green compound stuff sit in the sun for 10min wail i rubbed a tea spoon of mineral oil (paraffin) into the leather very well. The compound went on very easily maybe too much oil. I put enough compound on to see a light wax look coating. It didn’t strop as well as i would have liked, but by the fourth use with half as much compound it sharpened and mirror shined my chisels literally razor sharp. Less is better I Used a GoHelper honing guide with eze angle fixture, a 325g/1200g sharple combo large diamond stone with a 600g eze lap single (all from amazon) and this strop (x30 - 50 pull backs) to hone it (once it can cut thru paper easily from sharpening). Touch ups are 600g for a min, 1200g for 40 strokes and then 30 pulls on strop. Remember to flatten and polish the back of your chisel first only the bottom 25mm or 1” it takes ages but gives a far, far sharper edge. And makes future sharpening easy and fast

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.

In the right hands, this compact, rubber-footed strop block gets it done. With some care, it could last a lifetime. (Depending on how many blades you have, and how well you treat them besides) Very effective for paring, petty, cleaver and santoku. Longer blades will require more patience. Includes years worth of aluminium oxide based polish. I mean years.