Lamson Leather Knife Strop with Wooden Base

A traditional leather strop paddle , made by Lamson USA, America’s oldest surviving cutlery company, operating out of Massachusetts since 1837. Stropping is the final step to achieving a mirror edge when sharpening knives. An un-stropped knife, when tested on paper, will most often catch and stutter a little, but stropping removes any of the final imperfections left by stone sharpening. Stropping dramatically reduces tripping, and will help you to maintain your knife at a professional standard.