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On the flip side of things ( thats actually kind of a pun, stay with me...), I ordered a few sides from W&C last week, drum dyed sides of saddle skirting. Opened them today and the flesh sides are all natural after they were split down to 7-8oz. Sort of defeats the purpose of buying drum dyed leather for me. It throws a real wrench in the workflow I have established. Maybe I'll give Glenn a call and see if they can be split and then dyed, but I'm doubting that possibility.

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On the flip side of things ( thats actually kind of a pun, stay with me...), I ordered a few sides from W&C last week, drum dyed sides of saddle skirting. Opened them today and the flesh sides are all natural after they were split down to 7-8oz. Sort of defeats the purpose of buying drum dyed leather for me. It throws a real wrench in the workflow I have established. Maybe I'll give Glenn a call and see if they can be split and then dyed, but I'm doubting that possibility.

I noticed the same thing Shooter, I bought 2 sides of black tooling leather last year, one in the standard 9oz and one split down to 6oz. The 6oz was the same way, skived after dying so the flesh side was only black where the dye penetrated through, the rest was grayish & natural blotches. Luckily the flesh side isn't seen in my work but otherwise it would have been a pain. Still tooled & wet formed well though so no complaints there.

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On the flip side of things ( thats actually kind of a pun, stay with me...), I ordered a few sides from W&C last week, drum dyed sides of saddle skirting. Opened them today and the flesh sides are all natural after they were split down to 7-8oz. Sort of defeats the purpose of buying drum dyed leather for me. It throws a real wrench in the workflow I have established. Maybe I'll give Glenn a call and see if they can be split and then dyed, but I'm doubting that possibility.

I had the same issue with the drum dyed sides and had to redye everything. That was the last drum dyed side I bought from them.

On a different note, I have been ordering HO backs with mossed flesh. Very nice leather! Easy to cut, extremely smooth on the flesh side, and since there is no belly, there is virtually no waste. They cost a little more per foot, but without the belly scrap, it is a wash.

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I had the same issue with the drum dyed sides and had to redye everything. That was the last drum dyed side I bought from them.

On a different note, I have been ordering HO backs with mossed flesh. Very nice leather! Easy to cut, extremely smooth on the flesh side, and since there is no belly, there is virtually no waste. They cost a little more per foot, but without the belly scrap, it is a wash.

Steve

Where are you ordering the HO backs from?

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Goliger Leather

Well hell, been ordering from Cheryl & co. at Goliger for months now and didn't even think about asking about those. I'll have to check those out with next week's order.

Chris

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Well hell, been ordering from Cheryl & co. at Goliger for months now and didn't even think about asking about those. I'll have to check those out with next week's order.

I called a few weeks ago to order a side, and a guy answered the phone to take my order. He said "by the way, we have these HO backs with mossed flesh in A grade", so I ordered one to try. That's all I've been ordering since. LOVE IT. I think they said they stock 6/7oz and 8/9oz in A grade. Occasionally they might have B grade. Very clean on both sides and the mossed flesh side is fanatastic. I have had an 8/9 oz HO side that was very hard to cut, but the 8/9 oz back cuts quite easily.

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I order my leather direct from H.O. I order backs, grade A, with the mossed flesh, split to a specific oz weight. Have been doing that for 6/7 years now. The mossed flesh essentially eliminates the need for lining a holster IMO.

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Hey gang, hate to be the dummie, but what is "mossed flesh"? That is a new one on me

Thanks,

Terry

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