Alternate name for whitehide?

[DougCim]

Note that I am located in the US.

I have seen where people (online) making whips will often use whitehide for the falls. The Ron Edwards book How to make Whips mentions it (and a method for home-curing) and describes these types of leathers separately: redhide, greenhide, rawhide, whitehide, and chrome- and bark-tanned leather. He notes that a disadvantage of whitehide is that "in humid conditions it will weep a salty liquid".

What the Aussies call redhide is named Latigo in the US. If you ask for "redhide" at a US leather shop they'll say "we don't got any" but if you ask for Latigo they've usually got piles of it, it's standard stuff.....

I asked at my local leather shop about possibly ordering some whitehide as I wanted a bit of it to see what was the big deal about using it, and they did not know what it was. I have also seen US whip-making people online mentioning that most leather places do not carry it. Is there a trade name for it in the US?

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[barra]

Note that I am located in the US.

I have seen where people (online) making whips will often use whitehide for the falls. The Ron Edwards book How to make Whips mentions it (and a method for home-curing) and describes these types of leathers separately: redhide, greenhide, rawhide, whitehide, and chrome- and bark-tanned leather. He notes that a disadvantage of whitehide is that "in humid conditions it will weep a salty liquid".

What the Aussies call redhide is named Latigo in the US. If you ask for "redhide" at a US leather shop they'll say "we don't got any" but if you ask for Latigo they've usually got piles of it, it's standard stuff.....

I asked at my local leather shop about possibly ordering some whitehide as I wanted a bit of it to see what was the big deal about using it, and they did not know what it was. I have also seen US whip-making people online mentioning that most leather places do not carry it. Is there a trade name for it in the US?

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Try Alum tanned leathers.