Anyone Here Use Elephant Hide As Inlays?

[RSFknives]

i was wonderingf if anyone here has used elefant as inlays, and if so whats it like to work with...

my next question is who do i turn to for getting my hands on some small peices?

/Roger

[bruce johnson]

Roger,

I use it some for inlays and also for a few purses. It actually works up about like a medium weight chap leather for me, maybe just a bit more body. The very surface seems to be harder than most leathers other than shark or stingray. I don't know who sells it in small pieces. Sometimes Springfield Leather sells exotic scrap. I got a couple scrap bags of ostrich with some decent sized pieces from them last spring. They might have a handle on some elephant the same way.

[Denster]

Give Kevin at Springfield Leather a call. They will sell you a couple of sqft. The last I bought was very reasonable and really nice.

[RSFknives]

Thanks for the info guys.

/Roger