Tokushu Knife Premium Black Leather Strop

This strop looks nice, and does its job. I like how it fits in my stone holder, and I can use it at the final stage of my sharpening process. The 2 micron Strop Shots Tokushu sells are incredible. In about 3 passes on each side you have a new edge. Excellent!

I was learning about sharpening, stones and jnats, and the horrors of steels, etc... when I started to notice that many of the people I was listening to were big on stropping. Chefs were swearing by the use of a strop to significantly extend times between steel-on-stone sharpening. I eventually bought this strop block. I had a lower quality strop; as with everything else with sharpening, quality matters far more than a few dollars saved. Stropping significantly improves the sharpness of the blade after sharpening. Also, stropping maintains the sharpness of the blade after every few uses. Finally, the strop compounds work. I find that using a strop with compound for maintenance keeps blades sharpest..

Great item well made quality leather

This strop block is what I was missing in my sharpening process. Love the rubber on the bottom which makes it really easy to just quickly place on a counter top and strop. I’ve been enjoying finishing all of my knives on this for a razor sharp edge. Also, Tokushu has the best customer service out there - they’ll take good care of you. A++++ from me, thanks!

After I sharpen my kitchen knives, I test the sharpness by trying to shave hair off my arm. Maybe it's my technique, but even after a 6k stone, my knives just glide over my arm hair. Then I discovered stropping on leather and after a couple passes on the leather, hair just pops off my arm. I don't know how leather stropping works, but I can't argue with the results. Plus this strop is smartly done with the leather on a thick piece of wood and rubber pad on the bottom.