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Which SRD strop found in the wild

I ended up finding this strip at an antique shop for just about a song, and remembered SRD went out of business so would likely never see another. I was curious, there’s not much info on them other than SRD made a strip that SOME thought may be comparable to tony Miller…

I found an old BST thread where they sold a premium 4 English bridle dark brown that looks very similar. I’ll put it in a comment to differentiate. How do I know what kind of leather it is as all I own is a nakayama 30k and not a leather guru.
 

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This is a full size photo of mine I forgot to include
 

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And this is the one I found on a very old BST thread.
 

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The "some" that said they where as good as a Tony Miller were probably saying it on a forum owned by the people selling them, so...

But I'm sure it is very serviceable, and will work just fine. Not sure the leather, sorry.
 
The "some" that said they where as good as a Tony Miller were probably saying it on a forum owned by the people selling them, so...

But I'm sure it is very serviceable, and will work just fine. Not sure the leather, sorry.
lol yeah As I dug further there seemed to be a bit of contention :-D the people stating it may have frequented that forum but I only read B&B…well I read TSN but they have less members than here and as far as I know are not associated with the other site
 
Its in great shape, nice score.
Most likely cowhide in the Latigo or English leather category.
Right? there's some very faint lines about 1" from the handle, but didn't really see anything else. I was surprised how good of shape it's in. I think I may have to hydrate it a little is all.
Thanks for the input! It has a significantly different feel than my kanamaya 30k, but i hear that cordovan isn't really leather as much as a membrane.
 
Right? there's some very faint lines about 1" from the handle, but didn't really see anything else. I was surprised how good of shape it's in. I think I may have to hydrate it a little is all.
Thanks for the input! It has a significantly different feel than my kanamaya 30k, but i hear that cordovan isn't really leather as much as a membrane.
Latigo has a pretty heavy draw, Bridle less so.
If its Bridle the draw can be made even lighter from judicious sanding if desired.
 
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