I got some English natural veg tan leather belt blank 3inch wide and 2.8-3mm thick to make some strops (one with chromium oxide and one without). Most of the leather is nice and uniformly even but this bit isn't:



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Its kind of twisted and feels firmly so. At this point in time I am not sure which way to go with the twisted piece but I'd like to go with which ever direction gives me the most stable flattest strop.

What would you say that would be? To try and flatten and use as a hanging strop or to see if I can glue it flat to a piece of level wood? Or something else?