Jende ROUGH leather knife strop features the rough suede side up for more aggressive stropping action. Made with vegetable tanned cow leather it is another way to maintain your knife and tool edges more quickly than conventional smooth leather. The 2×6″ strop uses 2mm thick leather, and is mounted to a 3/4″ thick piece of stable acrylic for easy use for handheld and bench stropping, as well as being a standard size for most stone holders. You can load them with our Jende Emulsions, and Aluminum Oxide and Chromium Oxide Compound Bars for more aggressive stropping. Jende ROUGH leather knife strops are color coded for easy recognition. 2×6 Strops Family Why should I use the Smooth or Rough side of the Strop? The smooth side of leather strops is the default side, and is traditionally used for final stropping and maintenance stropping. The rough side is rougher, as the name implies. This more textured side of the rough leather strop has a more 3 dimensional surface contact with the blade, making it more aggressive than smooth leather in that respect. When the rough strop is loaded with abrasive emulsions or compound, it becomes even more aggressive than its smooth counterpart. Simply answered, if you want a more aggressive leather strop, the rough side is better, if you want a less aggressive leather strop, the smooth side is better.
