Members Half Goat Posted January 1, 2013 Members Report Posted January 1, 2013 Hey all i am wondering what veg tan buffalo shoulders are like to tool? i have just placed a large order for some 5mm as it was on sale and am wondering if it will be any good for making sheaths, scabbards, arm bracers, and tablet covers? i do a lot of tooling so this is very important! any advice would be great Hamish Quote Half-Goat Leatherwork - Handmade in Scotland. http://www.half-goat-leatherwork.co.uk/
Members shtoink Posted January 3, 2013 Members Report Posted January 3, 2013 Does this topic make anyone else think of Bob Marley? Not that this is very helpful or anything... On the buffalo, I believe that it's a tougher leather to tool than cow, but not as tough as horse butt. Quote
Members Spincycle Posted January 3, 2013 Members Report Posted January 3, 2013 Does this topic make anyone else think of Bob Marley? Soldiers, buffalo Soldiers!!!! LOL Quote www.uncommonbicycleparts.weebly.com
Members Half Goat Posted January 3, 2013 Author Members Report Posted January 3, 2013 can anyone give me some proper advice? Iv had the buffalo solider comment crop up on another forum too but not much acual help Quote Half-Goat Leatherwork - Handmade in Scotland. http://www.half-goat-leatherwork.co.uk/
Members shtoink Posted January 3, 2013 Members Report Posted January 3, 2013 On the buffalo, I believe that it's a tougher leather to tool than cow, but not as tough as horse butt. I did try to something more useful right after the jokes... Quote
Members Half Goat Posted January 3, 2013 Author Members Report Posted January 3, 2013 aye sorry i skimmed past that when i wrote last comment cheers Quote Half-Goat Leatherwork - Handmade in Scotland. http://www.half-goat-leatherwork.co.uk/
Members shtoink Posted January 3, 2013 Members Report Posted January 3, 2013 No problem. I like to mix it up a bit now and then. I'm just glad you were able to decipher the gibberish with that last post. No idea what caused that malformed sentence to come forth from my fingertips. Quote
Members azrider Posted January 18, 2013 Members Report Posted January 18, 2013 Where are you ordering the shoulders from? I ordered one that turned out to be a vegetable re-tan, with just enough chrome in the mix that it really won't hold tooling. Quote Drygulch Leatherworks- Baldwin City, Kansas www.drygulchleather.com
Members Half Goat Posted January 20, 2013 Author Members Report Posted January 20, 2013 it was leprevo in the UK. i asked them about the buffalo and they reccommended another leather instead so i ended up getting some half-butt veg tan instead Quote Half-Goat Leatherwork - Handmade in Scotland. http://www.half-goat-leatherwork.co.uk/
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