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Apologies for that, Shtoink. He's a pretty big fellow so I could see where his hands might have messed up the scale in the first pic a bit. Yours was a better guess than any of the ideas I was coming up with, I gaurantee that!

Awesome info! Thanks a bunch everyone. Y'all rock! Edit: He's very thankful for big mystery being revealed and would like to know what something like this might be worth. He's an eBay powerseller genius with mad selling skills, lol... IF he knows what it is he's selling, anyways. Haha! Thanks in advance!

Some good suggestions, folks! I'll pass them along to my cousin. Many thanks...

Haha! That was my cousin's guess, too!

My cousin sent me some pics of a leather item he found at a yard sale or thrift store and he has no idea what it is. I'm completely stumped. Anyone have any idea?

Hello, all. I have been lurking here for some time and would like to finally introduce myself. This is such a great forum, so full of cool people and awesome information! I'm from the Atlanta area and am relatively new to leather working, sort of picked it up as a hobby, but have been interested in it since I was in my teens (I'm 42 now). I'm a cabinet carpenter by trade so working with my hands comes pretty natural to me. Anyhow, great to be here. I look forward to learning with or from all of you great folks!