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Boy, you ought to talk to some turners I know... :)

Aha - that explains your mysterious and weirdly conceived PM to me entitled Diss. followed by "Neil,why are you dissing the man in front of everyone?"

Dissing him? I dont even know him, or his...

My friend, if your strop has nuts,

a. It is not shell cordovan, and
b. The maker should be sharply kicked in that selfsame region! :)

Regards,
Neil

Feel free to forget this old info, it is only good for vintage strops, say around 105 to 75 years ago.

Today the standard from Horween and Shinki-Hikaku are all around 1.9 thick, sometimes a wee...