SHARPAL 209H 8 Oz. Polishing Compound Fine Green Buffing Compound, Leather Strop Sharpening Stropping Compounds (8 Oz. Green)

It has worked so far

TLDR: good compound for price, high quality, and a good size. However not polishing grade if that’s what you’re looking for I bought this bar thinking it was something it wasn’t. I needed a super high grit compound to polish the edges of my knives (kitchen and other fixed blades usually) and thought this would be that. It wasn’t. There are however some good things. Pros: - It’s big. There’s probably more than you need but it’s good to have - it’s not died out! It’s the perfect consistency to load onto a standard rawhide leather strop, hasn’t dried out and holds well to the leather without cracking and chipping off (wax compound) - the price is incredible for what you get. Don’t get me wrong, this is a stropping compound, and will easily hone a knives edge (I usually hone with this compound after 8000 grit whetstone or 6000 grit oilstone and this compound helps to remove the burr) Cons - not a polishing compound. If you’re looking for something that will put a mirror edge on your knives, this isn’t that. After stropping there are visible buffing marks (knives are still really sharp) I’ll edit this comment if I find a good polishing compound. The one I ran out of was white.

Works as advertised. Put it on a new strop and sharpened to pocket knives to razor sharpness.

Combined with a leather strop, this polishing compound has put the finishing touches on an extraordinary edge for a variety of my cutlery.

Product works great, is easy to transfer to strop, and leaves my knives with a nice mirrored edge as a final step to my sharpening process. My only complaint is this should be packaged with a bit more padding; the corner of the block was broken on arrival. Does not affect performance, just made a bit of a mess.

Not the best buy

apparently they expect you to heat this stuff up before you use it. I am not sure how to put all the pcs. back together will not recomend

Not too hard or soft, glides onto my strop easily

Good product and great customer service. Compound goes on smoothly, not too dry or hard like others.

Its a nice block of polishing compound. Not dried out like others I have purchased. As you can see in the picture it applies nicely to a strop. I would have rather it arrived in one piece rather than busted up. It seems to not be as abrasive as other green compounds I have worked with. I dont yet know if thats a good or bad thing (your opinion may vary from mine). After many passes on the strop I see very little discoloration of the strop with metal particles which turn it black.