Repainted seatpost (needs pics), put on a vintage Regal (too narrow! ARGH!) so hunting for a Concor/Brooks, put silver nylon tape on which looks good but is impractical as heck so need different tape. Velo Orange does a leather sleeve tape reproduction but no UK reseller that still has black.
So, it turns out it had a German club badge on it...seller trying to find it her forgot to put it in box.