I'd have to differ on leather being a "natural" product. Certainly the
material is from nature, an animal's hide. But the chemicals and processing
that go into commercially available leathers are no less toxic than the
chemicals in the synthetic leathers.

Unless you're tanning your own hides the same way the native americans
tanned them over 200 years ago, or getting leathers with such a guarantee,
then you're getting chemicals in your leather.

Some vegans will use "recycled" leathers as a means to promote the re-use of
existing products in hopes of reducing the number of new animal products
introduced into the market. most will just abstain and use synthetic
materials or avoid any leather looking products.

If you wear a economical belt bought off the shelf at some place like
wal-mart, even if it said 100% leather, chances are it's left overs from
other productions that's been run through a shredder, chemically treated,
and glued together.

On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Hugh Mitten <htmitten@...>wrote:

> I too follow a vegan diet and prefer not to kill animals. However leather
> is a “natural” product as opposed to the vegan strop which is made from
> toxic chemicals. I have chosen the natural (leather) strop. I may switch
> to a natural non-leather strop if one becomes available.
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