leather strop
Razor's finishing tool
A leather strop is a strip of leather used to sharpen and polish the edge of a blade, especially a straight razor.
Unlike a whetstone, which grinds metal away, a strop realigns and polishes the blade's edge through friction against the smooth leather surface: He ran the razor across the strop a few times before shaving.
- straight razorFolding blade for shaving
- razorBlade for removing hair
- honeMake keener or better
- sharpenMake keener or finer
- bladeFlat cutting edge
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- sharpeningsharpening, sharpen, honing, whet, whetstone
- tool caresharpening, oiling, cleaning, lubrication, rust prevention
- barber shopbarber pole, scissors, comb, razor, straight razor
- surface finishingpolishing, buffing, sanding, grinding, varnishing
- engraving toolsburin, graver, scribe, scriber, stylus
- lapidaryrock tumbler, diamond saw, faceting, cabochon, lap
sharpening method
leather stropwhetstone
Stone for sharpening blades
grinding wheel · sharpening stone · bench grinder · diamond plate · water stone
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