What is so special about leather? Also travel ideas!
I know that leather is traditionally the material for strops, but I am wondering why! Is there something special about the texture or is it the physical material itself, something to do with the nature of it... I have to imagine that a great many other materials could fulfill the needs of a good strop, and it surprises me that none are more commonly used!
Anyway, on another note, I recently was trying to figure out what I should do about traveling, and I realized that the small notebook that I carry around with me everywhere is covered in good leather! 4 total surfaces with the inside and outside of each cover! It is about 9 inches long and seven inches wide, never thought of it before! I use it to take notes on things, write directions, store reciepts, journal sometimes, etc etc, but now it gets a whole new purpose!