Collection: Strops & Hones

A razor strop (or razor strap) is a flexible strip of leather, canvas, denim fabric, balsa wood, or other soft material, used to straighten and polish the blade of a straight razor, a knife, or a woodworking tool like a chisel. In many cases stropping re-aligns parts of the blade edge that have been bent out of alignment. In other cases, especially when abrasive polishing compound is used, stropping may remove a small amount of metal. Stropping can also burnish (i.e. push metal around on) the blade.

Sharpening stones, water stones or wetstones are used to sharpen the edges of steel tools and implements through grinding and honing. Examples of items that can be sharpened with a sharpening stone include razors  blades.