Sam,
That is easy enough to do as well. I got a 3" wide piece of the Hand American leather and found at least for me, wider is not always better. I was using it as a hanging strop though not a flat.

Doesn't Hand American already make a pretty wide leather hone/strop though? I didn't really want to duplicate what was already out there. If there is interest in wide ones I can do that just as easily using a choice of leathers but simply gluing a wide piece of leather to a plain board is something most here could do for themselves.

I wanted to make a new version of a more traditional paddle strop but just a little longer and wider and nicely finished so it looks nice.

Tony