Ambush Pro Double Sided Paddle Strop
The Ambush Pro Series 2 Sided Strop was designed and built with the customer who wants the absolute sharpest knife they can possibly have in mind, and no cost in the production of this strop.
DLT started with select northern grown hardwood and painstakingly shaped, routered and sanded this hardwood. They then applied 3 coats of polyurethane to enhance the beauty of the wood in the strop as well as provide protection. Next, a 3” x 12” piece of the highest quality horse butt leather was applied to each side. One side was finished to a micro-suede and the other was further finished to give a velvety smooth surface for the finest of compounds including CBN and diamond emulsions. Horse butt leather was chosen because of its very tight grain structure and minimal fat allow it to have the lowest draw (resistance on the terminal edge of your knife) of any of the leathers. Horse butt is a tremendous sharpening medium really without peer. Folks in the early 1900s used it almost exclusively and these were folks who built houses from hand tools and shaved with straight razors everyday – they had to know how to get stuff crazy sharp.
The cost on these strops is very reasonable when you consider one of the large chef knife suppliers charges over $80 just for two pieces of leather! Measures 17” overall with two 3” x 12” pieces of premium horse butt leather applied. Includes a leather lanyard allowing the strop/hone to easily be hung in the shed.
- Leather is a natural product and as such can have small imperfections in the hide or areas that are slightly thinner. This is not a defect and is completely normal with leather.