"GUIDING MOB" 1"x6" Strop.
STROP DESCRIPTION AND STATS.
These hand-made 1"×6" (26mm×152mm) and are engineered to preserve and maintain optimal edge geometry - helping to keep your tools in peak condition. made for guided systems that will accept 1" wide by 6" long stones.
Aptly named the “Guiding Mob Strop" - a nod to what a group of kangaroos is known as - a mob!
Every one of these strops is made from the same consistent, premium-grade Kangaroo leather used across all SSC. strops, with a thickness of approximately 1mm-1.5mm (0.04") thick, mounted flesh (suede) side up, that's been specially bonded to a light yet tough 4mm (0.16") aluminium blank -
Giving you inspiring confidence with its stability and durability on your sharpening system of choice. Also, these strops will accept any stropping abrasive you choose to charge it with.
*Dimensions: 1"×6" (26 mm × 152 mm).
*Total strop weight inc. blank:
45g/1.59oz.
Benefits Of Kangaroo Leather.
Kangroo leather is so effective due to it's unique properties.
It's renound for its fine, and tightly woven flesh fibers along with its abundance of natural abrasive silicates.
For those unfamiliar, kangaroo leather is a highly sustainable material sourced from Australia’s well-managed populations, where regulated culling supports well established environmental practices.
Its performance is driven by a fine, tightly woven, and highly uniform fiber structure, combined with naturally occurring abrasive silicates.
This gives the material a notable level of inherent abrasiveness, allowing it to perform exceptionally well even in its bare state.
Structurally, kangaroo leather is lightweight, dimensionally stable, and highly resistant to deformation under pressure. This greatly minimises the potential of surface “wave” effect common in thicker leathers, where surface malleability can cause the material to roll over the apex and rounding the edge.
Testing across a range of stainless and tool steels showed excellent burr removal and effective realignment of oyur apex, with consistently strong performance - even with high-HRC steels, particularly notable when paired with a quality diamond emulsion and paired with a firm completely flat substrate like polycarbonate.
