Originally Posted by
Euclid440
Yes, most any smooth leather will strop a razor. When you are new more important that the strop surface, is your technique.
As your technique improves, a year or so, the strop will not make that much difference until then..
Wrinkles in leather are generally indication of quality and where the leather was cut from, but should not harm your stropping.
You can resurface the leather face with a sharp cabinet card scraper, and it will leave a fine nap finish, similar to suede, but for now, I would just use it and develop your technique.
Beveling the edges is also a good idea. If you are adding oil to the leather, go slowly and dampen the strop, before adding any oils, to open the pores of the leather and drive it deep in.
There are many post on making strop in the strop forum.
Enjoy