Thread: Vintage paddle strop/coticule resto?

I picked up this vintage paddle strop a while ago, it has two sides that are padded leather, one side that is flat leather and one side that is a vintage coticule. I like the size of the paddle and the coticule is an excellent finishing stone, but the leather bits are just about worthless.

I wanted to ask y'all fellers if you think it's worth restoring, or if I should just leave it as is, using the paddle as a stone holder. I like the aged look and would hate to destroy a piece of history, but I could also see a well done restoration doing someone a whole lot more good than this thing would just sitting around (assuming the resto would be done correctly).

So what would you do?