Arkansas stones do not require any preparations

Strops made of top grain leather have uniform and flat surface

Additional lapping can be performed by customer to improve sharpening quality

medium and fine

OCB 1200 is an optimal finish stone for most customers because it creates a beautiful mirror finish edge and a very good scratch pattern

alder strop on anodized blank 6 x 1 new-variants Arkansas stones do not requireAlder Strop is mounted on high quality aluminum with 45 degree bevels (Edge Pro form factor) and color anodizing: graphite gray, black, deep ruby red, ocean blue, emerald green, sepia orange. Different colors of blanks will help to avoid mistakes of using wrong grit. The thickness of wood is approximately 6 mm, the thickness of aluminum blank is 3 mm.