Hey guys I found out where it's from , I've spoken to the owner of the tannery and and bison made, the tannery is based out of Argentina it's called rocinante and the website is lisroyal.com, if you have any more comments about this please bring them on because I I like the strop a lot, but we all know that if I haven't had a horween shell than I don't know what is authentic, let's know what you guys think, of you want pictures of the leather to make a professional estimate I will do it