I am going to make my first strop this month. The problem is that getting good veg tanned cowhide isn't that easy. I ordered from online store some leather and mentioned that it's need to be almost perfect. Well I got my package and it was all rubbish. There is only about 30-50% usable leather for strops. Now I have to send all back.

Is there any good leather vendors that have great reputation delivering what customer is asking in Europe? How about Tandy Leather at UK?