Ostrich In Small Quantities?

[JLD]

Johanne,

The pieces where great! Actually better than I had expected. I really didn't need much, but there were plenty of nice medium and small usable pieces, in black, brown, and a light tan color. I'd say about 33% of the ostrich skin had quills. I don't have any pics of the bag of pieces itself but here is a pic of the holster I made using the ostrich from SLC.

I'd also recommend giving SLC a call before you place your order. If you let them know what your looking for they can usually get you what you need.

Hope that helps!

Cheers,

Hi again,

Thanks very much for that information. It is great to know firsthand. Kevin, from Springfield leather, has always been super helpful but I was always a bit hesitant in buying "packs" anywhere just in case I do get a bag of sscraps. Great I can go ahead and get some now I suppose the saying "one mans trash is another mans treasure".

Have a great day

Johanne

[WinterBear]

My first bag was small quilled pieces and more of the larger body pieces. I did get enough black body to cut out what will be a fantastic looking wallet interior-all thin strong leather with an interesting wrinkle pattern-I think it was from the body under the wing. I got a little black quill, some nice saddle tan quill, and a bit more of a very pale tan quill, but the tan was pretty heavily scarred and very uneven on the back and hard to do anything with. The saddle tan was the best of the batch, with a glossy hide with darker quills, but the pieces of that were palm sized or smaller.

However, I did not give any preferences on what I wanted for what I was trying to do, so I was sent a random bag. But I still had a few nice pieces and some odds and ends for Boy Scouts to handle, which is all I really wanted. I had enough for four inlaid buckles, a piece for either an inlaid wallet or maybe three inlaid knife sheaths, and the future black wallet interior from the body pieces, which were all a bonus in my book.