Thiers-Issard Leather Strop

Thiers-Issard 4-sided leather strop with fixed handle. The strop is a piece of leather that softens the edge of the razors. Unlike sharpening, where a whetstone removes bent metal to recover the edge, smoothing simply re-aligns the sharpness of the edge without removing metal. It has 4 faces with 4 different types of leather, each of different color and different weight.

Measures leather: 22 cm x 3.5 cm.

How to use it: - Hold the handle - Slide the razor with the edge forward leaving behind the edge from top to bottom and from bottom to top, along all the leather. This is just the opposite of sharpening with stone, which requires sliding the razor with the edge in front. Keep the razor lying down and with firm pressure, but not strongly. Keep leathers always clean. Before sharpening the razor, pass your hand to remove any remaining dust.

Made in France