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It might be old, but it has seen a lot of use and they were 10-a-penny at one time. You still find a lot of them now, particularly on the continent, eg France.

I think you should use it as was...

Would they have gone to all that work - and then nailed on the leather? I don't think so. That is probably a replacement piece of leather. It is evidently quite old, so it could well have had the...