Sounds like nice stuff. I recently found a similar leather and oddly it was one grade down from the best which was buffed to a polish and had zero draw.

If you look at one of the Jemico strops (not the red Russian) it is a natural tan and with that same buffed finish. You can just detect a suede like texture but not exactly feel it. I sent a sample of mine, though a bit thinner than I like to "Suzuki", a memeber here and described it as my "naked" strop because of it's skin color.

Let us know how it works out.

Tony