Cowhide Leather Strop 6" x 1" with Aluminum Mounting for Edge Pro

I bought this to use with my Hapstone RS sharpener. It’s well made and works great! I use it with a green Sharpal and it does exactly what it’s supposed to. Make sure you only pull it down, otherwise the blade will cut the strop.

The Cowhide Leather Strop with Aluminum Mounting for Edge Pro has taken my blade sharpening to new heights! Its smooth cowhide surface effortlessly hones blades to razor-sharp edges. The sturdy aluminum mount ensures stability during stropping, providing consistent results. Perfect for all knife enthusiasts seeking precise and polished edges. Highly recommended!

Leather seems a little dry

It is a piece of leather glued to an Edge Pro style backing. That is all it is or claims to be. It has worked great for me. I bought a few and use them with Wicked Edge stropping compound on my TSPROF sharpener. Only pull this away from the cutting edge. It will shred instantly if you push it toward the edge. Also be very careful when stropping at the pointed tip of a blade. Sharp tips will gouge the strop. It is best to only use one grit of compound on a strop. If they get cross contaminated or mixed the strop will only be good for whichever the larger grit was after that. With a little attention to detail you can obtain a perfect edge with a mirror finish using this strop.

This strop in conjunction with a stropping compound finished my sharpened blades amazingly well.

Well made and fit perfectly with the Edge Pro Apex. Produces nice and shiny edges.

It's a good piece of leather glued to an edge pro mounting blank. Nothing complex. The blank itself is aluminum and lighter than my other Edge Pro blanks that I use for polishing tapes, not that it matters at all. The blanks that they're built on fit the Edge Pro perfectly. The one major thing you have to be aware of is that they use really thick pieces of leather. Like almost double the thickness of the Edge Pro stones. What that means is, when it comes time to switch from the stones to the strops, you will have to get out your angle cube or phone app, measure again, and adjust your angle to compensate for the added thickness. If you don't do this, your stropping will not hit your apex and it'll be rather pointless. When I switched to the strop and measured, it was a .85° difference. That's quite substantial. I wish they took more care to measure the leather thickness and match an average Edge Pro stone thickness. As it stands, this isn't a deal breaker, but it is a PITA to have to stop and re-adjust. That's my reason for the 3 star score. Other than that they are as advertised and work fine.

Get several if you sharpen knives so you can dress each with a different compound