Leather Strop by Chipping Away

Leather Strop by Chipping Away

Nothing will maintain the mirror edge sharpness on your carving knives and chisels like a good leather strop ~ nor, most of all, make your carving cleaner and easier!  Our quality strop can be used on all your carving tools and will last a lifetime.  Because it is portable, it is an excellent alternative to your power strop for those carvers who travel.

Leather Strop by Chipping Away Made in our Shop

This strop is made right in our Chipping Away shop.  We mount Heavy Duty premium leather on both sides of a hard-board paddle.  Other manufactures sell strops that are made with very thin leather strips.  We use 10 oz cowhide leather which is about the same thickness as good quality leather belt (1/8″ or more)… consequently, it really is Heavy Duty.   The strop comes with sample of our Chipping Away Red polishing rouge and instructions. Leather itself measures 7″ X 2″ and overall length including the handle is 12″.

Apply a generous coat of the sample Red Rouge that comes with the strop to the leather with the rough side.  In addition, you can then apply either Green or Gold Compound directly over top of the red rouge.  You will find that by using the Red first, the green or gold compound will adhere much easier.