Originally Posted by
Neil Miller
Wow - that's well bent! I bought one of these (or a similar make) off Ebay just to see what it was like. The material bit was some thin sort of man-made fabric, quite stretchy and quite useless. The leather side was in much the same condition as yours, but in several places so unusable. I ended up cutting the leather side off and gluing it to a board, then sandpapering it. It made a good pasted strop - I still have it, BTW, but it was no good for its intended purpose as bought.
Regards,
Neil.