Calling All Katasses, It's Started

[markush]

The very first picture is most definitely elephant. I don't know if anyone else mentioned it but the one with the tag attached is snake. The zebra looks like stingray to me also.

Elephant is my favorite and very easy to work with. lizard is like armor but easy to work with...never have done anything with snake or stingray yet. I have some ostrich scraps from them that I haven't figured out how to work yet. Everything else I can attach to a layer of cowhide and get a nice burnished edge...not so with the ostrich.

Edited May 9, 2012 by markush

[DoubleC]

I thought that piece was snake, and even asked Katass if he thought I could pull off using that as a snake SHAPED inlay and having the least chance of lining it up with tooled and already dyed fangs. I'm full of ideas just wish I was full of skills since this will be my first guitar strap and inlay. If elephant is that easy to work with, I might go that way too. I have a lot of mixed emotions about even having that cite certificates or not. I have problems because of my attention span being presented with too many options, seriously. It's becoming overwhelming.

Example: just went and checked my mail, thought popped in my head so walked away and forgot I was answering this. Thanks for your help Mark. Cheryl

[badLoveLeather]

OK any help anyone can give me on the creepy crawlies will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Cheryl

The orangish brown leather there is Elephant

[DoubleC]

Yup, finally know that and found someone to take it off my hands. Don't wanna use elephant....just a thing with me. but throwing it away wouldn't bring back the elephant so......Cheryl