It's a piece of leatherette made into a handle. Later personal portables
used leather and in some Emersons, they used molded plastic.


"Buck Frobisher" wrote in message
...
Bill, any chance you could take a close-up of the hand strap? Mine, like
every one I've seen, only has a shoestring there. Yours appears to have
something else.

I'd love to see it...

cheers,
Buck