Quote Originally Posted by celticcrusader View Post
There is something to be said for older strops if you can get them in good condition, all modern leather is mostly taken from beef bred animals and quite young animals at that, were past makers used fallen animals including old well worked hardy bred draught Horses with much thicker hides and over develop hind quarters the shells on these Horses were thick and strong, Kanayama Cordovan shell can be 4 even 5mm thick that's very difficult to find makes me think Mr Naomi-san of Kanayama as a very old and trusted supplier of these shells.
You know, I'm not all that sure the kanayama strops are cordovan shell. I know I have a pair of Cordovan Shell Shoes and I have the Raven Strop and the leather is exactly the same on the strop as my shoes meaning appearance and feel and my kanayama 90K is totally different. If it is Cordovan then the processing of the material produces a whole different animal so to speak.