Half Goat Report post 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shtoink Report post 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spincycle Report post Posted January 3, 2013 Does this topic make anyone else think of Bob Marley? Soldiers, buffalo Soldiers!!!! LOL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Half Goat Report post 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shtoink Report post 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Half Goat Report post Posted January 3, 2013 aye sorry i skimmed past that when i wrote last comment cheers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shtoink Report post 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azrider Report post 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Half Goat Report post 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
