ANGERSTONE Double Sided Leather Strop Kit(14.3" x 3" Knife Stropping Leather）with Ergonomic Handle - Knife Strop for Sharpening Knives, Wood Carving Chisels, Buffing Compound Included

I use it alot keeping my knifes sharpTakes time but razor sharp finish

Seems to be well made and certainly helps put the finishing edge on a blade.

Those crayons that come with the strop are pretty generic and low quality. I really recommend to buy some diamond compound instead.One of its sides is hard and smooth, the other side is softer and rougher. It's surprisingly hard to find information on which side is supposed to be used for what.I recommend applying a diamond compound around 6000 grit to the hard side and around 40000 to the softer side. Keep in mind that once you apply one compound, it's going to be obnoxiously hard to get rid of it, to the point where it's easier to buy a new strop, so it might be a decent idea to buy more than 1 strop in case you aren't sure what you're doing and you want to experiment with different compounds.

First off let me say that if you truly wanna "properly" finish a Knife Edge, that finishing the bevel with a Strop IS THE WAY TO GO. I have gone up to the 6,000-10,000 grit stones if efforts of getting rid of that last bit of burrs, and its a pain. BUT, if you simply grab your Strop and put some compound on it, doesn't take much compound, or sharpening efforts really, but the process of finishing with a Strop, THAT is how you get that FINE FINE MIRROR Polish, and remove the burrs and get that razor sharp finish. So much easier to just use some Compound or Polish on the Strop after the 3,000-5,000 grit stones Beautiful Finish, Every time.I haven't gotten a chance to use it personally just yet as it arrived yesterday (at the time of writing this review) But mine DID come with the green and white compounds. I saw a handful of reviews stating that theirs didn't arrive with the compounds, but mine did. Just in the bottom of the bag with a small plastic case containing them, along with some "instructions".I do wanna write in my review that the White Compound is the more "coarse" grit, and the Green Compound is the Finer grit. I couldn't find that information just flat out. I did see listed that the White Compound is 18 microns, and the Green Compound is 3 microns. Some folks might not know what that means, so I thought I would share. It is a learning process that takes time, so dumbing things down a bit helps folks that are starting out.While I have not used the Strop myself personally just yet, what I can say is that I have no doubt that it will perform wonderfully and without issue, and probably for a long time, if taken care of properly. I honestly think at the time of writing this review, that this Strop and Compound package is probably one of the BEST Strop combo deals and Strops on Amazon. Very very nice quality paddle style Strop and the Leather seems of decent quality. The Leather is firmly and completely glued onto the paddle and it does not appear that the Leather would peel off of the paddle anytime soon and appears that it shouldn't have any issues lasting years with proper use and handling.Personally I think the size of this Strop is just about the perfect size for most pocket knifes, kitchen knifes, and other household items like scissors. There are some pretty HUGE and also pretty small Strops out there, I think this one is in that perfect Goldie Locks size range.Yeah, you could probably make one of these yourself, but for the price, its hard to beat.The Strop's construction is very nice, the Leather is nice and thick and looks like it is of quality and will last a good while. The quality of the compound "might" not turn out to the best the best of the best for compounds, but if you are going as far as adding or doing a Strop and Compound to your sharpening routine, than you already know that its not so much the quality of the compound that makes the sharpening and polishing, its more about your technique, and that it doesn't take anything super special with a Leather Strop and some Compound to achieve positive results, "if you're doing it right".And technique is something that some folks spend years perfecting. I know that I myself am still "mastering" my sharpening skills, and have been working on them for a good 25+ years and I'm still making progress and improving.(4 stars just because I haven't officially used it yet. And, If it falls apart or any significant usage issues arise, this review WILL be updated)

This particular strop is easy to grab and hold, wide and long enough for longer blades and easy to control. I use it daily.The handle makes it a safe strop to grab and use. Strops without handles can slide around a bit and that makes them dangerous for me - I don’t want to lose control of an extraordinarily sharp blade.I am not much of a compound user on a strop for knives. I think it ruins the strop, is tough to remove compound making multiple grit compounds sort of pointless unless you have a different strop for each grit.Compounds are more for straight razors. I've seen barbers use compound on linen and leather strops and that makes sense to me.But if you have the right stones, technique and experience, strop compounds for knives are a waste of time to me.I use a variety of stones (natural, synthetic and diamond) based on the blade type, steel content, single bevel, double etc. Regardless of the knife steel or style, I will finish with this leather strop.I typically use the coarse side of the strop on knives like a Nakiri veggie that sees a lot of tomatoes. Why? Because a veggie blade like a Nakiri benefits from having a bit of "saw action" on the blade versus a totally mirror finished edge - it works better on tomatoes. The tiny "teeth" left on the blade after using the coarse side of this strip are ideal for veggie blades.The photo shows a Yoshimi Kato Sujihiki (slicer) Black Nickel Damascus blade that has an 11-inch blade and is about 17 inches long overall - it's a long knife. I put it on the strop for perspective.Part of my knife collection is In the drawer in one photo and on the knife block in the other. Hope that helps!

I have 2 of these, and use them a lot. The green I use on most of my knives. The white clay I use on my kitchen knives for a much smoother edge. Most of the time I use the rough side strap for general purpose and every day use and the smooth edge I use for the kitchen eyes or if I want to get a much finer edge and really thin knives.