jari
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Hello Short Information about roo leather from Australia to Switzerland (maybe someone stands at the same point I stood weeks ago :-)) . I expected this to be a challenge, but it turns out to be quite a simple process. When buying roo leather from Australia, all you need is the Certificate of Health and the invoice with the correct names because of cites inspection. I orded the skins in Australia, the skins were send by air mail and maybe 2 weeks later I had the package at my front door. Had to pay the customs to the postman and everything was ok. Happy braiding :-) - Jari
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Thank you rcsaddles. In the meantime I wrote to Richard and he replied immediately. He informed me about the availability of roo hides, prices, etc. and no trouble sending to Switzerland. He has to check the certificate of health which I've been adviced to add to the shipment. Hopefully we can solve this soon and then I can order my first hides. Wow, that would be cool :-) Running out of about the last string of leather. As I mentioned, not that easy here to buy leather or rawhide at reasonable prices, if available at all.
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Thank you!! Thank you!!
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Hello unfortunately, now news from Packer about availability of K-Whip-leather :-( I try to find another source for drum stuffed roo leather and hope, someone here can help. It should be a supplier that supports overseas shipments and can handle the required documents. Found here and over internet search MidWestWhips and Richard Taubman (http://members.hn.ozemail.com.au), both sell Packer K-Whip-leather. Who would you recommend? Need about +10 hides. Thanks a lot! Jari
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Thank you, that looks good! Where would you buy the hide from in Australia (laces are not cheap here either, bought some feet, not much to complain, except for the price if you need for several reins)?
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Yes, I'd love to buy the whole hide. Talked to Swiss customs already and they asked me about the latin name of the kangaroo (because of spicies that aren't allowed to import) but since I don't have the supplier who understands these questions, I'm lost :-(
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Hello uff, I didn't expect it to be that difficult to buy kangaroo leather, lace and rawhide here in Switzerland - but after all, it seems to be quite a challenge - or I just didn't find the contacts I was looking for. Packers would ship worldwide, but they are out of stock of k-Whip leather. Is there a member here from europe who bought kangaroo (k-Whip quality) leather from abroad? do you know suppliers I could contact? Any help is highly appreciated! Thank you - Jari
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Good morning yesterday, I tried to braid the knot directly over the braided string. It took a while to adapt to the low circumference of the braided string, but hooray, here it is. Thank you for the advices you gave, it wouldn't have been possible to "shrink" the knot from the mandrel size to the braided string size Have a great day Jari
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Thank you very much for your answers! Thank you Joel for the clear and comprehensible explanation! I used bigger size mandrels (1/2" diameter) ; braiding a knot while following instructions from my book is easier on bigger mandrels - on smaller ones I still get lost. I'll try it with smaller size strings, directly onto the braided strings this weekend - hope to be able to show you the results next week :-)! Happy trails Jari
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Howdy in a beginner's blood, sweat and trears process I braid my first knots on a mandrel. Typically, the mandrel's circumference is bigger then my plaited leather. How do you solve this :-)? Is there any hint you might give me? After resizing the knot to the new size, the knot looks nothing but horrible (well, it did already before, but then even more :-)) Thanks and best wishes from Switzerland Jari