NEW Wax and Strop Kit
1800, 2500 & 5000# – WAX ON…. STROP OFF…
| Ships From: |  MPOWER Canada – Ontario |
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| Currency: | Prices shown in $ Canadian Dollars |
| Returns: | Returnable within 30 days of receipt |
| Payment: | Secure transaction |
ITS ALL ABOUT THE FINISH
“On board” Click-on, Click-off, Magnetic Leather Strop Covers with 2 different leathers Firm and Soft.
3 grades of Polishing Wax 1800, 2500 & 5000 Grit
Description
SBS Magnetic Leather Strop Covers
Protect your SBS, SB2 or SB1 sharpening station with our click-on, click-off magnetic leather strop covers.
Available with either firm or soft leather, each cover attaches directly to the diamond stone, protecting the leather surface while keeping it ready for use.
Fits all MPOWER 8″ Freestyle Diamond Stones or any diamond stone measuring:
Overall Size: 8″ x 12″
Fits Diamond Stone Size: 8 x 2.75 Inches
Available with 3 grades of Polishing Wax
Choose from:
- 1800 Grit
- 2500 Grit
- 5000 Grit
Each wax has been selected to complement the sharpening process and help produce a finer, more highly polished cutting edge.
Why use a Leather Strop?
Many sharpening systems stop at the diamond stone. Stropping takes the process one step further.
A leather strop charged with polishing wax helps remove the final burr and refine the cutting edge. The result is a cleaner, sharper finish with very little effort.
After testing numerous compounds and polishing waxes, we found these formulations consistently improved the quality and fineness of the edge.
To put it simply:
They work.
Why We Chose Stropping
The debate between waterstones and stropping has been around for years.
Both methods can produce exceptionally sharp edges. However, we found stropping offered several practical advantages:
- Fast and convenient
- No water required
- No flattening stones required
- No mess
- Minimal maintenance
- Ready whenever you need it
For many users, the simplicity of a leather strop and polishing wax makes it the ideal finishing step.
Replacement Strop Covers
Every new SBS, SB2, SB1, DS and SS is supplied with magnetic leather strop covers.
This page is intended for customers wishing to replace existing covers or add additional strops with different polishing grades.
Functions
STROPPING – FINISHING A BLADE EDGE
Our Wax Bars are made up in the most part of different grades and particulate sizes of Aluminium Oxide.
This highly abrasive material is then rubbed onto and bedded into a compliant medium in our case a Cow Hyde leather strop.
When the freshly ground blade edge is wiped across the charged strop, the blade material being much harder than the wax abrasive particulates.
Breaks the particles down and in the process microscopically abrades and polishes the blade edge.
Resulting in a superior finer, longer lasting edge.
Features
MPOWER’s Wax Bars are unique to us.
The 3 grades* are formulated and matched to the 3 different grades of our NEW Freestyle Diamond Stone Range.
300# Diamond Stone = 1800# Wax Stick – Orange
600# Diamond Stone = 2500# Wax Stick – White
1200# Diamond Stone = 5000# Wax Stick – Blue
*Particulate sizes are approximate
Wax Bar Weight: 2.1oz / 60g
Applications
MPOWER’s Strop Polishing Wax can be used in any application where a traditional Polishing Wax is required.
Be it on a Bench mounted buffing wheel when re-polishing in the restoration of old tools or for use with a Dremmel and a Cotton Buff for intricate polishing of detailed jewellery.
But in the main the 3 Abrasive grades we offer – 1800# – 2500# and 5000# are ones designed for use with harder materials such as Tool Steel, High Speed Steel, Stainless steel and Silver
As for the task, for us it’s all about what the wax can do when strop polishing newly ground chisels, Plane Irons and knives.
And a stellar finish when you start using it!
Over the last 5 years we’ve designed, developed and manufacture “On Board” leather strops for both the FASTTRACK Chisel sharpener and the FASTTRACK Kitchen Knife. We were primarily interested in stropping as the best and quickest way to remove the wire burr that forms as a result of the sharpening process.
We weren’t prepared for the outstanding improvements in the quality and finish of the edge itself.
MPOWER prides itself on offering ONLY unique products solely designed and developed by us for you. We didn’t invent this Wax Strop application, but we’d be crazy to ignore it and we’d be denying our customers the easiest way to improve every edge you’ve ever sharpened!
Compatibility
Fits all MPOWER 8″ Freestyle Diamond Stones or any diamond stone measuring:
Overall Size: 8″ x 12″
Fits Diamond Stone Size: 8 x 2.75 Inches
Contents & Spares
Leather Strop
Abrasive Wax Stick
