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    Quote Originally Posted by markbignosekelly View Post
    JimmyHad did a comparison of all his old Shell strops, all were around 4mm thick so the Valet was probably from some other leather.
    Maybe someone who has one could chime in but I imagine a 4mm strop would not work so well for a SE. I know Howrween comes as thin as .100" & I think my strop was marked "horse" but no longer have it so who knows?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jnatcat View Post
    I saw these listed several years ago and just,never warmed up to the handle
    Quote Originally Posted by sharptonn View Post
    I have seen them as well. Wonder about the usable length. The fabric?
    Then, I can sorta see myself using that handle....And then not!
    I've seen the ones sold by Fendrihan but they are slightly different with the cotton secondary not the glued napped horse hide.

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    What difference does the thickness make.
    Life expectancy of the strop?

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    End result doesn't make a difference mate.
    The usual Kanayama strops are much thicker, more than likely from working horses. Horween source their horse from France or Quebec whom consume horse meat with a result that the Shell obtained from the rump is much thinner than Kanayama is.
    I was speculating that the Kanayama shown might not be Shell or sourced elsewhere.

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    Its not bad considering the price drop

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