Hand American sold some of the very best sharpening supplies 15-20 years ago.
Keith offered one of the largest selections of very high quality compounds at very good prices. His strop selections, and there were quite a few in different configurations, were worth the money. While there were a few leathers that really weren't all that special, none were 'bad,' just not so special. The double-sided bench mount or the magnetic bench mounts were a nice addition to the sharpening bench. With the exception of his Borosillicate Glass rod, everything he sold was well placed and of the highest quality. I still have a dozen different leather strops and half a dozen different jars or bottles of compounds still in my supply closet. Every year he would come out with new, but high quality products and I would buy them all!
But he couldn't ship. You place an order and you waited. And waited. And waited. E-mail after e-mail... and still nothing arrived. And this happened year after year after year. I guess people finally got tired of waiting. I know that I did.
If he had put someone else in charge, and just handled the back end of the business, he'd have the Number One sharpening supply company today. No question about it.
Stitchawl
