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For what it's worth, sometimes it's not rawhide... If it is rawhide, you'll be able to see it. If it's not, it could be an area of the hide that's been "burned". Too strong of tanning solution, or for some reason, that part of the hide was a little too eager to absorb tannin. when that happens, the inside of the leather will be a darker brown rather than have rawhide in it, and it's really hard to cut.

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For what it's worth, sometimes it's not rawhide... If it is rawhide, you'll be able to see it. If it's not, it could be an area of the hide that's been "burned". Too strong of tanning solution, or for some reason, that part of the hide was a little too eager to absorb tannin. when that happens, the inside of the leather will be a darker brown rather than have rawhide in it, and it's really hard to cut.

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My local distributor had a few sole bends recently that were like that. I bought them for a song and made some leather armor out of them. When worn, you can swing a baseball bat at it and just grunt a little on impact - it's like wearing 16 gauge steel. Was the Dickens to cut though...

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