I found that leather is leather to a point. I use a Star shaving strop. neats feeted it to death, well hydrated lets say. It strops just as good as my $300 strop. I was duped with a Pakistan leather strop. That leather wasnt finished correctly was closer to suede. I live near a Tandy leather shop and they have rolls of leather that are well finished and vegetable dyed. I may well buy a few yards of the same thickness and just use my current strop as a template and cut some out, give it a go pass some out and see what the community thinks.
Or make up a BS story about feeding my own cows organic 4 leaf clover for 5 years ,Tanned them myself and charge some stupid outrageous amount.
Stay tuned