I'm know very little about leather. I know 8-9 oz Veg Tanned cowhide would be thicker naturally than 6-7oz. I'm pretty sure the red latigo Tony uses is 7-8oz which is thicker than a horsehide strop I have from Kenrup but..... Here's my question:...

Why aren't recently manufactured strops even heavier and thicker than that? Is it lack of availability? Recently one of my town barbers showed me his barber school 1955 issue hanging strop. Shell. That beauty I'm telling you is 1/4" thick.

Is mammoth thick veg tanned leather available anywhere? I'd like a strop, even if I had to make it that would last me 50 years and go CLUNK if I dropped it on the ground.

Man does that barber have a beautiful strop.

Chris L