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Having just recently picked up the work sharp and reprofiling most of my knives to a convex edge I've been looking for a new strop so I can easily maintain the edge after use. Well I was fortunate enough to get my hands on a double sided brommeland gunleather 3x8 benchstrop pre loaded with black(course) compound on 1 side and green(fine) compound on the other.
First impressions of it are great, it's the ideal size for me, large enough to use as a bench strop(it'll work with the steele x stone holder) but still small enough that it can easily be throw in my pack for touch ups in the field. They also make a 2x6 pocket strop with rounded corners and a 1.5x4 I believe it is micro strop for even greater portability. The build quality is top notch and seems to be good quality leather. It's mounted flat, I couldn't feel and high spots on the mounting surface.
My old one and most of the ones you see online have an overall length of 12"+ due to the addition of an unnecessary handle, not so easy to throw a 15"strop in your bag. The leather was also poor quality and the mounting surface wasn't perfectly smooth so it didn't last long.
I'll update this the more I use it, and how it holds up, but as of now I'm really liking it. I quickly and easily touched up a couple knives last night. None could cut paper cleanly, but a few passes on the strop has them slicing phone book paper with a mirror shine.
If your looking for a new strop you should give this one a look, Google brommeland gunleather strop, and there produced by a fellow forum member here. Which means MADE IN THE USA!!!!
First impressions of it are great, it's the ideal size for me, large enough to use as a bench strop(it'll work with the steele x stone holder) but still small enough that it can easily be throw in my pack for touch ups in the field. They also make a 2x6 pocket strop with rounded corners and a 1.5x4 I believe it is micro strop for even greater portability. The build quality is top notch and seems to be good quality leather. It's mounted flat, I couldn't feel and high spots on the mounting surface.
My old one and most of the ones you see online have an overall length of 12"+ due to the addition of an unnecessary handle, not so easy to throw a 15"strop in your bag. The leather was also poor quality and the mounting surface wasn't perfectly smooth so it didn't last long.
I'll update this the more I use it, and how it holds up, but as of now I'm really liking it. I quickly and easily touched up a couple knives last night. None could cut paper cleanly, but a few passes on the strop has them slicing phone book paper with a mirror shine.
If your looking for a new strop you should give this one a look, Google brommeland gunleather strop, and there produced by a fellow forum member here. Which means MADE IN THE USA!!!!
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