BacherPremium Leather Strop with Polishing Compound Set, 2 Sided Knife Stropping Block for Sharpening and Honing Knives, Woodcarving Chisels Tools

I have use it for over 1 year now. The leather is vegetable tanned leather you hardly find from other brand. I use the smooth side to apply compound. The compound will become darken and darken and less effective after use but can be wiped off with toilet paper and re-apply new compound. I use fresh side which is fluffy to finish off knife sharpening. I clean fresh side with pencil eraser from time to time.The compound is easy to apply, not bad in term of effectiveness. I recommend Al oxide compound from other bland for most effective if you have knife with HRC over 60. You still can use this Bacher compound but it is time consuming.The leather paddle is very useful for cleaning knife sharpening diamond plate, apply with polishing compound to clean stubborn dirty in you kitchen. I just polish my oven with help of this leather paddle.