Some decent strops on the bay right now!!
So the Imp 700 I bought got here and seller had cropped a fairly decent gouge out of the pictures. Debated a return and decided just to restore it. A bunch of sanding later and it's almost restored... just need to throw the linen in the wash and apply some mink oil to the leather once it arrives (ran out).
I'm just saying that "limberness" is a trait of certain pieces of leather, maybe shell in general, but definitely cordovan.