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I've got a Koken with the same imprint on the bottom. On the top it is marked, "Imported Shell, Natural Finish." It is a very old strop, but in virtually NOS condition. Thinner in depth than my...

I'd bet they are what they say they are. As I posted earlier, I think before WWII there were a lot more horses in use, and a lot more slaughtered when they were no longer useful. Glue and leather...

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And from a different thread .......

I think you're right Bill, it names the process they use on the leather IIRC ..... but ...... all horsehide is not shell. That comes from a particular area of the horse's butt, and is tougher than...

I would imagine that they did, particularly back in the 1960s and prior. Just so many old barber strops were, if not cordovan shell, horsehide. My impression is that back in the old days between glue...