You mean a strop - sole leather impregnated with jeweller's rouge. Used by barbers for straght-edge razors to keep the edges keen between shaves.
In all of my cooking I've never had a need for a boning knife. A chef's knife will get you through 99% of the stuff you need. Keep your butcher in business and let him bone* everything for you.
You mean a strop - sole leather impregnated with jeweller's rouge. Used by barbers for straght-edge razors to keep the edges keen between shaves.
In all of my cooking I've never had a need for a boning knife. A chef's knife will get you through 99% of the stuff you need. Keep your butcher in business and let him bone* everything for you.
*not a euph.