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HUTSULS Leather Strop Paddle with Compound
Stropping is best for restoring the keen edge of your knives after each use. By regularly honing your knives, you help keep them sharp for longer time periods.
This stropping kit features two pieces of organic buffalo leather on each side of paddle, that is ideal for finely shaping the edges of your blades. The solid Ash wood base with ergonomic handle allows to hold the paddle while you hone your knives.
You also get a bar of green polishing compound, which contains minuscule abrasives that help deliver a razor-sharp edge.
To use the strop, apply a small bit of compound on the leather surface. With light pressure, stroke the blade on the strop - making sure to move the blade away from its cutting edge. Turn the blade over and do the same on the other side.
This leather knife sharpening strop is perfect for woodworkers, chefs, outdoorsmen, barbers, artisans, or anyone who uses knives, chisels, axes, blades, or cutting tools on a regular basis.
HIGH QUALITY LEATHER
This strop uses organic buffalo leather. Its supple quality makes it the perfect material for polishing your razor-sharp knives and cutting tools.
GREEN STROPPING COMPOUND
The bundle comes with green compound for stropping. Use it to sharpen and polish hard metal, alloy, stainless steel, or cast iron blades and edges.
ERGONOMIC HANDLE
Enjoy better control of the leather honing strop. It is fitted with an ergonomic handle to give you a strong and safe grip on the stropping paddle.
DUAL SIDED PADDLE
You may use both sides of the knife buffing paddle for stropping. One side shows off a smooth texture, while the other has a slightly tufted surface.
ALL TYPES OF BLADES & KNIVES
This leather strop Paddle is a must-have for hunters, anglers, and outdoorsmen. Use it for honing pocket knives, utility knives, hunting knives, camping axes, hatchets, machetes, and bushcraft knives.
WOODWORKING TOOLS & CRAFTING BLADES
This leather stropping Paddle deserves a spot in your woodworking station or workshop. Use it to finely sharpen carving knives and chisels, plane blades, whittling knives, axes, and bench knives.
ALL TYPES OF KITCHEN KNIVES
Wield razor-sharp knives whenever you prepare meals. This sharpening leather strop helps maintain the keen edge of your chef’s knife, cleavers, steak knives, boning knives, and fillet knives.
HUTSULS Strop Paddle is made with Hutsul traditions & culture in mind
For many centuries, Hutsuls, an ethnic group of western Ukraine, are famous for their handmade razor-sharp knives, axes, and other tools. Their experience and secrets of honing and sharpening blades passed down through the generations are implemented in the HUTSULS Leather Strop Paddle.
angel perez
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2025
Great price point not to over done good quality with an amazing price
DC
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2025
The leather and compound were soft and compatible. The width of this size was correct for pocket knives. Very well made except the handle had an area that was filled in because the wood was misshapen during machining, or maybe a defect in the wood? I had to sand it for quite awhile to remove it! Of course the handle shape is uneven now.I may return it but am concerned the replacement leather may not be as good! Could be happier!I returned the first one (rated above) and the replacement workmanship is as it should be on the wood. The leather is the same very good quality as the first one. It works great after purchasing another green compound by Sharpal on Amazon.Outstanding really. So I changed my rating to 5 stars.
Tatiana
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2025
I am able to strop my kitchen knives like a professional. Thanks for the prompt order placement and superb strop.
Bob F
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2024
Well made, decent enough size for pocket knives to kitchen knives. Stropping takes you to the next level of sharpening and is so amazingly simple to do. If you enjoy sharpening and don't already have a strop, you won't go wrong with this one. It even comes with green compound.
Dr. Jeremy King
Reviewed in Canada on January 28, 2024
excellent product and well made. I mean it's a piece of leather on a wood backing so not much to rate here lol
Keith
Reviewed in Canada on August 8, 2023
You want razor sharp? This strop will finish the job. Leather could be a tad bit thicker, but the paddle is sturdy and comfortable. Use as directed and you'll shave with your pocket knife. Seriously.
Grayson
Reviewed in Canada on February 19, 2023
Works as i figured a strop is supposed to. Comes with both the rough and smooth side of leather and green grit compound. i put the compound on the rough side so that i could leave the smooth side as smooth as possible. I used it to restore 2-3 of my decently sharp knives to razor sharp in only a few minutes, super easy to use and has a good feel to it. the green compound leaves a slight shiny mirror like finish on the edge of the blade of my knives, which im fond of as it makes the blade look clean and smooth. the wood is solid and the leather seems quality, nice and tough, not flimsy or easily tearable. plan on using it for my daily kitchen knife maintenance so that i can spend less time using my whetstones and prolong the life of my knives. good product, cant really go wrong with the purchase if you're looking for a good strop for general use
Steve
Reviewed in Canada on January 15, 2023
So, I'm kinda new to using serious sharpeners and strops...use to just use the kitchen steel for the most part. Decided to try this in combination with a sharpening system....glad I added this Strop to the kit. It's made well and comes with the green stopping compound. Simple to use and very effective. It nicely finishes off a blade where the sharpening system leaves off. I had one blade that was already sharp but decided to give it a few passes on the Hutsul (both side) and it made it razor hair shaving sharp again. Great product and fast delivery. Would highly recommend.
Tony
Reviewed in Canada on March 5, 2022
Thin and hard leather, which is critical for a crisp edge. Since I'm planning to use the strop with diamond emulsions only, I peel the suede side off and glued it suede side to the wood. Now I have two smooth leather sides, which work well with diamond emulsions.The wood they use is of good quality too, the attention to detail is very good, straight grain across the whole strop, they even use some putty to fill the imperfections on the handle.
Kaptain Kush
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2021
1st let me say, I rarely leave reviews. They have become a weapon in the realm of online mistrust and lies. I received no compensation for this "review". But I did receive a wonderful handwritten letter from Andrew, the owner of the Hutsuls Co. ensuring me that if there was ANY issue with his product , that he would correct it immediately. Who writes letters anymore? Good on you Andrew! As for the strop itself, well, its really great. I was skeptical that a piece of leather could be so useful at sharpening metal blades, all kinds of metal blades, but low and behold, it was. The strop comes attached to a sturdy block of wood, making the delicate process of sharpening your blade a much easier process. It comes with a fine grit crayon that helps the blades achieve razor sharp status. I started with my semi-sharpened kitchen knives. I have a Japanese knife made in the style of traditional folded katanas and it was in serious need of some TLC, I was skeptical that a piece of leather would do the trick but after a bit of a learning curve- using a lesser quality knife- I was amazingly surprised at how sharp the blade was. It was scary! The strop won't necessarily make a chipoped or otehrwise damaged blade "like new" again, but if your blade is semi sharp the strop will elevate it to samurai status. This is not hyperbole, my kitchen knife is so sharp I'm partly afraid of it. There's a dozen or so strops available, I've even read you can use an old belt, but the strop from Hutsuls is a step above the rest. Its super easy to use, the wooden handle makes the process safer- no cuts on these hands. It's double sided, rough on one side and smooth on the other. The idea is to use the rough side for bringing the blade back to life and the smooth side makes it ready to shave with. You could but a strop from anyone, but knowing Andrew is there to provide support as well as a high quality product why go somewhere else? IF you but this item you just might get a really nice personalized response from the manufacturer. When was the last time ANY company did that for you?
Joe N.
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2021
What can I say, I was looking to buy a more expensive strop at another site, and I am glad I didn't.This strop is a GREAT VALUE and it works perfectly for my needs, I usually give my knives one quick pass over a 1000 grit sharpening stone, run the blade softly over a used wine/whisky bottle cork cap to get rid of the burr created by the sharpening stone, and then run them over this paddle strop.This process gives my blades a nice polished finish (YMMV).The strop feels sturdy and the leather is glued perfectly to the wood, I really like the size, it accommodates most knives, from small folders and paring knives to large Japanese and Chef Knives.I find myself mostly using the smooth side without the polishing compound, I would say 60% of the time I use the smooth leather side without compound and 40% the obverse side (felt) with compound depending on the knife and type of steel.Make sure if you use the compound not to spread too much, or you will keep picking it up with your blades, a quick wipe (careful DO NOT CUT yourself) with a microfiber towel will fix that though. Also it helps if you leave the compound out in the sun a few minutes to soften it up a bit before applying the first time or re-applying it.I believe the compound included is .5 microns and is more than enough if you decide to use it, there are many more compounds out there if you decide the included compound is not fine enough for your needs, but I believe it is sufficient for most knives.Short version: BUY IT!, it is an excellent strop for most knives and a GREAT value for what you get for the price.
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