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I am making belts, and with regular-sized hides the math is about 1.25 square feet needed per belt. Now I have a need to use much smaller calfskins, and wondering how much the math typically changes when we're talking about 6-8 sq. ft. hides vs. 30 sq. ft. hides. I presume there is much more of the hide wasted simply based on geometry. Anyone have a ballpark guess? Thanks.

Hello Leatherworkers. Newbie here wondering if anyone can recommend a place to find natural beige hair-on calfskins (at a reasonable price). Global Leather in NYC has them at $22/square foot, which is ridiculous. I need quite a few, and the hair needs to be short. Thanks for any help.