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This clever little honing pad reduces your use of plastic cartridges and double edge razor blades, drastically lowers shaving costs and reduces your carbon footprint.

Follow these steps to sharpen your Gillette Mach3 or Gillette Fusion cartridge:

IMPORTANT! Dip the honing pad into warm water for 2 to 3 seconds to moisten the leather. This allows the retaining clips — which hold the cartridge blades in place — to lower into the leather so blades touch the leather surface, ready for sharpening.
Position your cartridge razor at the bottom of the honing pad, tilt razor up to comfortable position.
Push razor up to top of the honing pad, lift and return to bottom (do NOT drag blade back over leather).
Repeat up to 10 times.

Perform this procedure at the end, or beginning of every shave until the blade starts to feel dull. You may experience razor 'tugging' at this point, to alert that the blade has reached the end of it's useful life.

With regular sharpening, we estimate that you will have extended the usefulness of each cartridge up to five times.

Follow these steps to sharpen your safety razor blade:

Ensure your blade is screwed tightly in the razor head.
Position your safety razor at the bottom of the honing pad, tilt razor up to around 35^o so blade touches leather.
Push razor up to top of the honing pad, lift and return to bottom (do NOT drag blade back over leather).
Repeat up to 5 times.
Flip the razor 180^o and repeat so both edges have been sharpened.
NOTE! The leather pad may be either dry or wet. You will achieve the same result either way.

Perform this procedure at the beginning of every shave until the blade starts to feel dull. You may experience razor 'tugging' at this point, to alert that the blade has reached the end of it's useful life.

With regular sharpening, we estimate that you will have at least tripled the usefulness of each of your double edge razor blades.

About the razor honing pad

Handmade in UK from thick vegetable tanned leather, bonded to a sustainably sourced wood base.
Dimensions: 100mm x 45mm x 12mm.

Razor Blade Sharpener

Also known as a honing pad, these are perfect for sharpening cartridge razor blades or double edge razor blades.

£25.00

Description

Our small traditional leather strops (also known as honing pads) are designed to sharpen double edge razor blades and Gillette razor cartridges. Sharpening with your honing pad either before or after shaving extends the longevity of blades by up to five times.

Use of a razor sharpening strop reduces your demand for plastic razor cartridges and double edge safety razor blades. This, naturally lowers ongoing shaving costs and is of huge benefit to the environment.

Learn how to sharpen your razor.

Handmade in UK from thick vegetable tanned leather, bonded to a sustainably sourced wood base.

Dimensions: 100mm x 45mm x 12mm.

Note: HONING PAD ONLY as purchase does NOT include razor.

Handcrafted for Wilde & Harte by STROPT.

Offer!

Our compact size honing pad sharpens every type of multi-blade razor cartridge and double edge safety razor blade.

Purchase any Wilde & Harte razor with a razor blade sharpener today and use the code 'sharp' at checkout to receive your sharpener for FREE!
(Note: razor AND sharpener must be added to cart)