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Thanks. That's answered what I needed to know.

My own strop is in need of replacing and I want to get a quality strop this time. I was very rough on my first strop and nicked it a lot but it cost...

You know Mick, I am learning quite a lot from you. I always used to prefer cow leather because it was a classic and I thought its roughness made it work faster.
Now I'm seriously considering getting...

Sorry, I was wrong. The tail is not hairless. The tail is the firmest leather though, which is great for stropping. Kangaroo leather also has very fine fibers for a leather.
With the lack of...

See if you can't get leather from the tail when you replace it as roos have naturally hairless tails.

Also the untreated reverse-side of the roos leather is great for compound, in case you didn't...