My Hides!

[KnotHead]

Brian--I went to the website and noticed the price was quoted in something like meters square and AUD. Since I'm from Texas, that's hard for me to compute.....could you give me an approximate cost in Texan-ese???lol.

Charlie

Hey Charlie.

I used my pay pal account to do the conversion below.

It comes out to $101.44USD for a whole hide. He pays all the fees for importing & shipping. He's fully licensed in Australia. I paid him with my pay pal account. You'll have to contact him by email in order to arrange the same kind of payment method of you wish to go that route.

Otherwise, it was a smooth transaction. I can't complain at all, which is what I was looking for in a supplier. The best hides & service. Richard Taubman is a down to earth kind of guy, so you can expect a really kewl dude on the other side.

Brian...

[8thsinner]

Taubman is definitely the route I will be taking for my hides when I am buying in hides.

But, Entiendo, where were you getting your coloured hides from? I didn't think Taubman does more than the standard five colours.

I love the idea of purple and black myself, but it would be red/black purple/black combos most likely, Yeah I know it's a guy thing...

And aqua blue sounds pretty cool too actually.

[KnotHead]

Well I decided to cut me about 5 yards to see how I do with the Aussie Strander. That went really well. It was like riding a bike. Once you learn the tool you don't forget how to use it. The pre-final lace cut went well. Attached below is the 5 yards I cut & beveled.

5 yards cut and beveled.

Close up of the 45 degree bevels.

It was beautiful to cut with such awsome hide. There's nothing like it in the world.

Brian...

[entiendo]

Here's the aqua

I get my hides from Amazing Oz, or Amazing Industries.

[roo4u]

knothead was size hide was that price for?

charlier...charles hardtke inc in el paso tx sells the drum stuffed hides from packer tannery as well. i have ordered alot of roo from them and never gotten a bad hide.

8thsinner...another combo thats very nice is the brandy and purple. and i once did a leash in sombodys clan colors....black, purple, blue and green....i thought it would be horrible but it really looked awesome. and it still looked good two weeks later when i repaired it cuz her dog liked it also.

[KnotHead]

40 inches wide Leg to Leg, X 35.5 inches Neck to Tale.

[roo4u]

what size was marked on it? should have been stamped with a size on the flesh side. if you give me the dm size marked i can figure out the cost per sq foot from there.

[KnotHead]

Size marked 50dm

[roo4u]

so that converts to 5.38 square foot which equals $18.85 per sq ft

[KnotHead]

Now I can make a price out for each item I make, or a price range for selling lace.