Hey, I want to thank you all again for your advice. ONe more question: I'm picking up some neatsfoot oil, and I was wondering if I should wait and treat the leather with it BEFORE I glue it down? My plan is to lightly sand the finished side of the leather and treat it with oil to get some nice draw, and treat the velvety side to try to press it a wee bit, just to make it a bit tougher.

Should I do that before or after gluing to the base? Or should I not worry so much and just make the frakking thing?