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As for horse hide I’ve tried it a number of times but never found my results satisfactory from a cosmetic standpoint. 
Andy Arratoonian has a really good article on his website outlining the differences.  
 

http://www.holsters.org/which.htm

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Great article thank you for sharing! I agree the cosmetics are not as good as cowhide especially Hermann oak. I don’t think the extra effort  using horsehide was worth it for me. Wet Molding was very difficult as mentioned in the article. I did find the horsehide is more dense and harder when dry for similar thickness cowhide.

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Based on the Arratoonian article, I’d guess you need a 30 ton clicker to make enough pressure to get good definition with horsehide.   I think you’d have to invest in aluminum molds to make that work. So base investment would be at least 3-4k and a source of three phase electric…

that’s too expensive a proposition for a hobbyist like myself.

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On 3/20/2023 at 7:14 PM, Jc911rsa said:

Thanks guys. I think that next try will be two layers for the tab to give it more thickness. Nobody commented on horsehide. Anyone else ever try it? 

Red Nichols recommends horsebutt strips. I keep looking for some to order but the link below only has thicker pieces for now.

https://maverickleathercompany.com/product/russet-horsebutt-narrows/

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