Thanks Tony,

I used belly on the last strop and the leather was smooth towards the top of the animal but had the cellulite you mentioned underneath. I could thus only make two strops from the peice. Also I think it was polished to much as the razor skids alomg it a bit too much.

Will be interested to see what these shoulders look like now. The guy at the tannery is a leather expert and knew what I intended to use it for so hopefully he will supply me with a decent peice. Will be seeing him in the next day or so.

Wilkl put up pictures of the strop when I get it made, although my last pictures didn't show a great deal of detail and didn't do the strop justice.

Cheers

Rob