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I have a roll of this leather I think I had gotten very discounted from a shoe maker many years ago. I don't remember much if any info I had about it. I'm pretty sure it is cow. It is glossy and smooth and not stiff sort of supple for how glossy it looks, going from 1.5 - 3mm on the opposite end of the hide. Would this make any kind of decent beginner strop? I have some wood to try making a paddle type thing or hardware to make it a strap type deal. I don't even have my straight yet, and I am trying to build contraptions for it