Quote Originally Posted by onimaru55 View Post
Thanx Mick. Ya talked me into it you silver tongued devil

Gotta say I'm impressed with the way these work
No worries mate...

Quote Originally Posted by zib View Post
I was at Tandy Leather a while back getting some material for the same type of project.
This place is like a Leather superstore..Roo, Snake, Gator, Horse, Cow, You name it, they have it...I too wasn't all that impressed with Roo they showed me..Seemed, almost slick...As you mentioned, no draw...I went with standard old Cowhide as I'll probably use the paddles for pastes, etc...
Zib, ask for the 'roo hide that whipmakers use, stuff with a tallow finish. Also make sure it is Grade one hide. Anything less will have too many scars and tick (the blood sucking critter type) marks. It sounds like they showed you stuff with a glazed finish to it. Alternatively you could get the glazed stuff and a bottle of glaze stripper and then use some bees-wax based leather conditioner on the hide to give it a bit more draw.

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