OP Leather & Wood hand strop of top-quality Swedish leather for honing your tools. The leather is 75 × 200 mm. The holder is made of Valchromat (coloured MDF), 300 × 75 mm, with rubber feet for stability and an 11 mm hole for hanging. Made in Sweden.
OP Leather & Wood hand strop of top-quality Swedish leather for honing your tools. The leather is 75 × 200 mm.
The holder is made of Valchromat (coloured MDF), 300 × 75 mm, with rubber feet for stability and an 11 mm hole for hanging. Made in Sweden.
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Specific References
There are several good ways to sharpen chisels and plane irons: water stones, diamond stones, oil stones and sharpening machines such as Tormek. All give sharp edges, but they differ in speed, maintenance and price.
A honing guide makes it easier to keep the same angle every time. The most important thing is to find a method you enjoy and use often. The guide helps you choose.
Which water stone you need depends on how dull your edges are and how fine a finish you want. A common setup is a coarse stone around 1000 grit to shape the edge and a fine stone around 5000–8000 grit to polish it. For chipped edges you need a coarser stone too.
Water stones wear unevenly and need flattening regularly. The guide explains grits, brands and flattening.