Hi everyone,

My family has a leather hat and belt business, so I've got the tools and materials available to me to make a strop.

Just had a few questions regarding it.

- Is it okay to use chrome-tanned leather?
- The leather I'm thinking of using is a shoulder skin off a cow, is there a limit on the thickness of a hanging strop, as this is leather we use for belts?
- I've noticed alot of strops are not very wide, is there a particular reason for this? Do people think a wider strop would be better
- & finally, what length should i make it?

Sorry if all these are beginner questions, but...well I AM a beginner