My Hides!

[entiendo]

Yes, I have 5 hides coming now! I'm so wickedly spoiled! Forest green, jade green, whiskey drum stuffed, natural drum stuffed, and black drum stuffed. The house is going to smell wonderful and I probably won't leave the house for a few days. Hee hee hee...I better get to cutting the two I have here now. Oh happy days!!

Oh, and I pay $13 and change per square foot before shipping. I'd never tried to figure it out before because I knew how much each hide cost. I either used it all in a bridle or made smaller pieces in which the real cost was in my time, not in how much roo, probably a little math lazy too.

[roo4u]

yes but shipping must be considered in your costs because it is an expense every time you order roo. i used to take the shipping and divide it between the amount of leather ordered and factor it into the sq foot costs to determine if my prices were still in line.

yes the smell of tanned leather is so nice....i used to order roo like 10 at a time...oh how i miss those days.

[entiendo]

I am now the top poster! Wake up call, get off the computer and go braid.

I added the total dm, converted the total to square feet and divided that by the total price. I don't have a total for the new hides yet, I'll have it by the end of the day.

[KnotHead]

Well cut me some lace to the size I needed for a Lanyard project. Hmmm. What do you think of it so far?

Can't wait to see how it really looks after rolled out.

Brian...

[lilpep]

well you guys i have to say i finally broke down and drove over to hardtke's and picked out the best and biggest hide they had in brandy. they actually have ALOT !!! of leather and lots of roo. i rolled out all their vegtan roo and picked out the one i wanted, they were really helpful now i just have to figure out what i wanna do with it. take care

[KnotHead]

LOL !!! You been bitten... LOL...

[Bevan]

We have all got the BUG mate !!!! and loving it

Edited October 24, 2010 by Bevan

[entiendo]

OH yeah! I was bit by the bug when I started braiding! I'm still excited when hides arrive.

I did the math on my new hides.....still under $12 sf, I can't remember the exact amount. I can't wait to see them.

Rainy day today, so lots of braiding today. very excited.

The braiding is very nice knothead. Did you use 2 different hides of the same color to get a little more color variation, it kind of looks like it. I do that sometimes, but sometimes that's just the way the hide is. Those are my favorite hides.

Personally I would have cut those strings in half and did an 8 plait, but I always cut my roo pretty small. As strong and as precious roo is, it's meant to do more detailed looking work.

You beveled it on the reverse side? I don't see a bevel.

Very nice braiding indeed though, can't wait to see what kinds of button work you come up with.

[bullwhips]

Brian,

It looks good! Have you ever tried plaiting from a hook in the wall? I love my hook, but sometimes a vice is nice too.

Lilpep,

Can you take a pic of the skin you got from Hardtke?

Louie

P.S. Here's what I did with a bit of two of the roo skins that just came in from Hardtke:

Edited October 24, 2010 by bullwhips

[KnotHead]

I used to do all the braiding from a hook. But eventually the hook for me got to be a cumbersome battle with the lace. LOL

Brian...