--- product_id: 43956866 title: "Leather Honing Strop for Knife Sharpening with Polishing Compound Double Sided (3 Inch by 8 Inch)" brand: "lavoda" price: "85.73 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 category: "Lavoda" url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/43956866-leather-honing-strop-for-knife-sharpening-with-polishing-compound-double store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Ultra-fine grit polishing 3x8 inch perfect size Double-sided leather strop Leather Honing Strop for Knife Sharpening with Polishing Compound Double Sided (3 Inch by 8 Inch) **Brand:** lavoda **Price:** 85.73 DT **Availability:** βœ… In Stock ## Summary > πŸͺ’ Sharpen smarter, slice sharper β€” never miss a cut again! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Leather Honing Strop for Knife Sharpening with Polishing Compound Double Sided (3 Inch by 8 Inch) by lavoda - **How much does it cost?** 85.73 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/43956866-leather-honing-strop-for-knife-sharpening-with-polishing-compound-double) ## Best For - lavoda enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted lavoda brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Compact & Versatile:** Ideal 3x8 inch size fits any kitchen or workshop, easy to mount on scrap wood. - β€’ **Double-Sided Performance:** Suede and smooth leather sides for tailored stropping with polishing compounds. - β€’ **Cost-Effective Sharpening:** Premium leather strop at a fraction of the price of mounted boards or larger models. - β€’ **Precision Edge Refinement:** Achieve factory-sharp, paper-slicing perfection with ultra-fine leather honing. - β€’ **Beginner-Friendly Guidance:** Comes with clear, expert instructions to master stropping technique quickly. ## Overview The LAVODA 3x8 inch leather honing strop is a double-sided, ultra-fine grit leather tool designed to polish and refine knife edges to near-factory sharpness. Lightweight and compact, it’s perfect for both beginners and pros looking to maintain razor-sharp blades with professional stropping techniques. Durable and affordable, it delivers consistent, precise edge finishing for kitchen and carry knives alike. ## Description LAVODA Leather Honing Strop for Knife Sharpening with Polishing Compound Double Sided (3 Inch by 8 Inch) - desertcart.com Review: Perfect for the beginner -- Amazing results! - The instructions that come in the package are inspired. The author is patient, unassuming, and wise. The instructions gently led me down the path towards using the suede side of the strap with the green compound for my kitchen cutlery and carry knives. The results were amazing: my decade-old, 6-inch Wusthof chef's knife went from slicing about 5 inches into paper to slicing through all 12 inches of the paper, as if it were factory sharpened. Not just that -- Instead of veering left or right, it cut perfectly straight down through all 12 inches of paper. I am a beginner, with three years of sharpening on a diamond/stone under my belt. A month ago, I gouged my thumb while using a dull bread knife to dice a tough-skinned french bread loaf for croutons. In response, I bought a couple of new knives and started using angle guides religiously to respect the blade angles when sharpening. The results were good -- all my old knives were sharp. But not factory sharp / shaving sharp like the new knives. With this strop, I'm pretty darned close. I followed the instructions to a tee: if the knife is dull, then sharpen it with a coarse or medium sharpening stone. If the knife is already sharp, then hone it on a fine-grade stone. Then use the strop. Unless it's a barber's razor, use the suede side and the green compound. Keep the angle as low as you can, like 10 degrees or lower. Always strop towards the back of the blade, just like a barber in the movies. Only thing to add to the instructions: keep a small stack of printer paper, cut in half, near your knives. Never sharpen or hone a knife without first making five slices through a piece of paper, about 1/4" apart. This takes about 10 seconds for a pairing knife, maybe 20 seconds for a long chef's knife. Sharpen, five slices. Hone, then five more slices. Strop, then five more slices. If you're doing it right, then the knife will cut deeper and deeper into the paper at each stage. If your angle is wrong during sharpening, you'll make the knife even more dull than it was when you began! It takes time to build up the muscle memory required to keep the correct angle constant through each pull across the sharpening surface. A beginner will never get better without objective evidence of effectiveness. Here are links to my tri-hone sharpening system and the angle guides that I find really helpful: Smith's 50008 8-Inch Diamond Tri-Hone Bench Stone https://www.desertcart.com/gp/product/B001I6JGL4 Wedgek Angle Guides (Blue, 1) https://www.desertcart.com/gp/product/B01N4QMO7U Review: If you're not stroppin', you're not sharp - When I first began the process of learning how to sharpen my own knives, I wondered, "should I get a leather strop? Do they really help?" If you're wondering about those same questions, the answers are "yes" and "yes, quite a bit." Stropping is the best way to finish the sharpening process, and will give you a sharper, more consistent edge than any other medium. If fact, I'd suggest buying at least two or three strops so that each of the types of stropping compound you're using has a dedicated, pre-loaded strop--it's not worth the trouble of trying to clean a strop so as to use it for different colors colors/grits. But that shouldn't be too much of a financial burden because strops are inexpensive, and that's why I bought this one: is was the best price for the approximate size on desertcart. And it works great. There's no reason to spend more, unless you want a larger piece of leather, or want one that comes already mounted on a board. But the size of this one is plenty big for knives, and it's just the right size to mount on a 2x4, so save yourself the money and just mount it yourself on a piece of scrap wood. As for the compounds, the sticks arent large, but it takes so little to load up a strop that I won't need to buy more for years. Overall, an excellent strop for an excellent price. ## Features - knife sharpening guide leather strop ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B07214VMGB | | Best Sellers Rank | #365,029 in Tools & Home Improvement ( See Top 100 in Tools & Home Improvement ) #778 in Sharpening Stones | | Brand | LAVODA | | Color | Brown | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (2,265) | | Date First Available | June 7, 2017 | | Grit Type | Ultra Fine | | Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No | | Item Weight | 2 ounces | | Item model number | FBA_knife strop 01 | | Manufacturer | LAVODA HAIBAO YU | | Material | leather | | Number of Items | 1 | | Product Dimensions | 4.5"L x 1.5"W x 4.5"H | | UPC | 738920095683 738920095652 | ## Product Details - **Brand:** LAVODA - **Color:** Brown - **Grit Type:** Ultra Fine - **Item Weight:** 2 Ounces - **Manufacturer:** LAVODA HAIBAO YU - **Material:** leather - **Number of Items:** 1 - **Product Dimensions:** 4.5"L x 1.5"W x 4.5"H - **UPC:** 738920095683 738920095652 ## Images ![Leather Honing Strop for Knife Sharpening with Polishing Compound Double Sided (3 Inch by 8 Inch) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71ew+hiI-nS.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Size** options. ## Questions & Answers **Q: I'm new to stripping...which side do I use or do I use both?** A: Leather strops come in both suede and smooth options. Some even have both on the same strop. Of course this leads many to wonder just which is the better option. While a common practice is to use suede in conjunction with compounds and smooth for plain stropping, this is by no means universal. We have found the decision to be a combination of personal choice and type of edge being sharpened.Straight razors are traditionally stropped on a smooth leather. The grain side surface is perfect for the delicate, low angle edges found on straight razors.Many carvers and knife sharpeners use suede strops. The nap of the suede holds onto compound well allowing the strop to be loaded easily. The softer surface also provides a bit of rounding to the bevel as the suede compresses under the blade, which some find desirable.Those who don’t use as much or any compound may prefer the smooth grain side leather. Sharpeners of woodworking tools such as chisels where a rounding of the bevel is not wanted find that the slightly harder surface works to their advantage as well. **Q: How do I make this flat?** A: I glue together two pieces of 3/4" MDF and then glue the strop to them. I use spray adhesive and use a third piece of MDF to apply pressure to the strop when clamping it to the doubled MDF base. I cut the MDF on the table saw even to the sides of the strop and leave it a little long (1/2") on the ends. I staple a piece of no skid shelf liner to the underside to prevent it from sliding. I have two of these-one for a smooth strop and one for a suede strop. Great for polishing a bevel. **Q: Green less aggressive than White? No need for paddle backing?** A: White Compound (Coarse: Cut and Polish), Green Compound (Fine: Cut Less Polish More). You can mount the leather onto a piece of plywood, MDF or wood using spray adhesive, tape adhesive, contact cement or just plain old staples. Or you can try placing the strop on your sandpaper block, which under normal use will stay put and not move because of the sandpaper particles grasp on it. **Q: The plastic box states green is coarse and white is fine. the pamphlet states the opposite. which is correct?** A: Green compound is fine, white compound is coarse。 I'm sorry to inconvenience you. There are a small number of label printing errors. We have corrected them. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Perfect for the beginner -- Amazing results! *by J***E on January 8, 2019* The instructions that come in the package are inspired. The author is patient, unassuming, and wise. The instructions gently led me down the path towards using the suede side of the strap with the green compound for my kitchen cutlery and carry knives. The results were amazing: my decade-old, 6-inch Wusthof chef's knife went from slicing about 5 inches into paper to slicing through all 12 inches of the paper, as if it were factory sharpened. Not just that -- Instead of veering left or right, it cut perfectly straight down through all 12 inches of paper. I am a beginner, with three years of sharpening on a diamond/stone under my belt. A month ago, I gouged my thumb while using a dull bread knife to dice a tough-skinned french bread loaf for croutons. In response, I bought a couple of new knives and started using angle guides religiously to respect the blade angles when sharpening. The results were good -- all my old knives were sharp. But not factory sharp / shaving sharp like the new knives. With this strop, I'm pretty darned close. I followed the instructions to a tee: if the knife is dull, then sharpen it with a coarse or medium sharpening stone. If the knife is already sharp, then hone it on a fine-grade stone. Then use the strop. Unless it's a barber's razor, use the suede side and the green compound. Keep the angle as low as you can, like 10 degrees or lower. Always strop towards the back of the blade, just like a barber in the movies. Only thing to add to the instructions: keep a small stack of printer paper, cut in half, near your knives. Never sharpen or hone a knife without first making five slices through a piece of paper, about 1/4" apart. This takes about 10 seconds for a pairing knife, maybe 20 seconds for a long chef's knife. Sharpen, five slices. Hone, then five more slices. Strop, then five more slices. If you're doing it right, then the knife will cut deeper and deeper into the paper at each stage. If your angle is wrong during sharpening, you'll make the knife even more dull than it was when you began! It takes time to build up the muscle memory required to keep the correct angle constant through each pull across the sharpening surface. A beginner will never get better without objective evidence of effectiveness. Here are links to my tri-hone sharpening system and the angle guides that I find really helpful: Smith's 50008 8-Inch Diamond Tri-Hone Bench Stone https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001I6JGL4 Wedgek Angle Guides (Blue, 1) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N4QMO7U ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If you're not stroppin', you're not sharp *by H***H on January 19, 2022* When I first began the process of learning how to sharpen my own knives, I wondered, "should I get a leather strop? Do they really help?" If you're wondering about those same questions, the answers are "yes" and "yes, quite a bit." Stropping is the best way to finish the sharpening process, and will give you a sharper, more consistent edge than any other medium. If fact, I'd suggest buying at least two or three strops so that each of the types of stropping compound you're using has a dedicated, pre-loaded strop--it's not worth the trouble of trying to clean a strop so as to use it for different colors colors/grits. But that shouldn't be too much of a financial burden because strops are inexpensive, and that's why I bought this one: is was the best price for the approximate size on Amazon. And it works great. There's no reason to spend more, unless you want a larger piece of leather, or want one that comes already mounted on a board. But the size of this one is plenty big for knives, and it's just the right size to mount on a 2x4, so save yourself the money and just mount it yourself on a piece of scrap wood. As for the compounds, the sticks arent large, but it takes so little to load up a strop that I won't need to buy more for years. Overall, an excellent strop for an excellent price. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good but small *by E***E on May 14, 2022* The strop is easy to use and seems of good quality (from my limited experience). Seems really short and small but did a good job on my knives. ## Frequently Bought Together - LAVODA Leather Honing Strop for Knife Sharpening with Polishing Compound 3 Inch by 8 Inch Double Sided Stropping Leather Knife Strop and Stropping Compound for Woodcarving Knife Polishing Sharpening - Trend Diamond Abrasive Lapping Fluid, 3.4 fl oz, Blue, Professional Grade Sharpening Fluid for Optimum Performance, DWS/LF/100 - Ultra Sharp Diamond Sharpening Stone Set - 8 x 3 Coarse/Medium/Extra Fine --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - πŸ›’ **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** β€” Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** β€” Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - πŸ’° **No Hidden Fees** β€” All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - πŸ”„ **15-Day Free Returns** β€” Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - πŸ”’ **Secure Payments** β€” Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** β€” Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/43956866-leather-honing-strop-for-knife-sharpening-with-polishing-compound-double](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/43956866-leather-honing-strop-for-knife-sharpening-with-polishing-compound-double) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-07-16*