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Another great idea for cleaning these old linen strops. Pretty straight forward. Now to find a friend with a sewing machine and get a six pack.

Thanks for that link. I'll give it a go and see how it turns out. Love this forum. Others have already walked this walk and are so willing to share solutions.

Yes it has some really nice linen. Will have to clean it up a good bit but it will serve nicely. Looks like quality old school linen to me.

Tom, the NOS is still out there and it does look good. Just didn't want to go that high on price. I was in the market for a quality, horsehide stop and thought this would fill the bill. Happy to...

yes it does say that. "Will beat them all like certified checks, 100% Positive Value, French Hide, 1200"

Picked up this Kintaka horsehide stop likely sold by the Takagi Co., Tokyo. Noticed during my research that the Pelican Stop has the exact same bottom logo and exact hardware. Kanayama also has the...