Q: How do you use a carver's strop?
Charge the leather and profiled faces with the included honing compound, then draw the tool's edge across the matching profile to polish and realign it between sharpenings.
06D0551 - Flexcut Carver's Strop
Here's a convenient way to maintain a tool edge while you carve. When charged with compound, its multiple profiles (1/16", 1/8", 1/4" and 1/2" radius; 45° and 70° angles) make it easy to quickly hone the inside face of a gouge or V-tool, while the leather strops are used to hone their bevel edges (as well as carving knives).
Compact, it is about 4" × 3 1/2" and comes with a 1 1/2 oz bar of honing compound.
Made in USA.
Charge the leather and profiled faces with the included honing compound, then draw the tool's edge across the matching profile to polish and realign it between sharpenings.
This carvers strop's profiled faces are shaped for the inside curves of gouges and V-tools, while the flat leather sections handle the outside bevels of those tools plus carving knives.
No, a 1 1/2 oz bar of honing compound comes with the strop, enough to charge every profile before you need to reorder.
At about 4" × 3 1/2", it's small enough to keep at the bench or carry with a carving kit, and it's made in the USA.
| Materials | Leather; honing compound |
| Dimensions | 4" × 3 1/2"; profiles at 1/16", 1/8", 1/4" and 1/2" radius, 45° and 70° angles |
| Compatibility | Fits gouges, V-tools and carving knives |
| Includes | Strop; 1 1/2 oz honing compound bar |
| Package Quantity | 1 item |
| Country of Origin | USA |
| Warranty | Lee Valley Satisfaction Guarantee |
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Flexcut Carver's Strop
Here's a convenient way to maintain a tool edge while you carve. When charged with compound, its multiple profiles (1/16", 1/8", 1/4" and 1/2" radius; 45° and 70° angles) make it easy to quickly hone the inside face of a gouge or V-tool, while the leather strops are used to hone their bevel edges (as well as carving knives).
Compact, it is about 4" × 3 1/2" and comes with a 1 1/2 oz bar of honing compound.
Made in USA.