KAI Strop Set - Leather Strop & Polishing Paste

Leather and knife sharpening go hand in hand. Ever since the Western movies, we know that barbers sharpen their razors on a leather strop before the next cowboy is up. The KAI leather strop with polishing paste didn't exist back then. Otherwise, it would have surely made an appearance in one or the other film.

Leather is the perfect material to give the blades the final polish after sharpening. Afterwards, the edge is mirror smooth and the knives extremely sharp. With the included chromium oxide polishing paste, you can also sharpen dull knives easily. You apply it to one side of the strop, leaving the other side natural, without the polishing paste. The two leather sides are attached to a body made of thick oak wood. You can securely hold the leather strop by the handle.

Before any hope arises, we unfortunately have to temper expectations a bit: You can't sharpen completely dull knives with the leather strop. Unless you have an immense amount of time and have two to five leather strops in reserve. Before completely dull knives come into contact with the leather strop, they should definitely be sharpened beforehand. But if you use the leather regularly, you won't need the other sharpening tools as often.