Just received a brand new strop to supplement a red latigo I got from SRD a few years ago, and I noticed that the surface of this new strop has some small surface pits in the leather.

Should these worry me at all? I don't feel them at all when stropping, and they are mostly concentrated on one end of the strop, however I can't help but feel the surface should be more "perfect", but I've only ever seen or used the latigo strop prior to this, so my frame of reference is extremely limited.

It was a little hard to get a picture of them, but I was able to catch a few of them in some reflected light.

Anyone? Is this within the range of "normal and expected" and "no big deal / don't worry about it"?
The initial strop test did improve the edge sharpness over my old red latigo, but it's hard to say if that's due to the difference in strop or the fact that the same edge just received more stropping after the latigo. At least it didnt make it worse I suppose.

Also, should I be worried about that little edge bump\dent? Cant feel that either.


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