I agree with Tony about the Linen and cotton terminology. I have been after some 3" webbing for a while now and couldn't find any for love nor money. Once I realised it was called webbing and not strapping there were tonnes of saddleries I could get it from. Most suppliers I spoke to say that linen and cotton webbing are the same thing and is just a name that is used incorrectly. I have ordered my webbing for my first two strops now (this morning actually) and have got a number of samples sent through of other webbing material too in different weaves.