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It's "Beads and Leather", located on the I65 service road (south bound) between Cottage Hill and Gov't/90.

Mike DeLoach

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Thanks, Bob. I appreciate the insight. The harness leather I bought in anticipation of making tack is too thick to use as lining for this project. I'll get my hands on some latigo.

You can always split the back down to the thickness you want. If you don't do a lot of tack, it is certainly less expensive than buying a side of latigo just to line a breast collar. Just a thought. I usually get mostly 13-14 oz vegtan skirting leather and split it down to meet my needs.

Bob

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So...I guess going to need a splitter soon. I've actually been considering getting one for a while. Maybe this is the excuse I need.

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Well, when lining tack, it depends on what it is that you're making. For Breast Collars, I usually shoot for 13 to 15 oz total thickness. I line with either latigo or veg tan. Most generally if it is tooled, I will use 8-10 oz for the outside and 4-5 oz latigo for the inside. I like the latigo since it is highly stuffed with oils and waxes and tends to be more durable in areas where it gets exposed to moisture a lot, like horse sweat.

Sorry to butt in on your guys's convo but I just recently goit into mkaing western 'bling' tack, any ways I cant seem to find the correct leather for making breast collars, Someone told me to use harness leather but it is WAY thick, I read your post and was wondering what leather you use for the outside leather, is their a name to it?

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I use skirting leather 12 ounce.

I'm old enough to know that i don't know everything.

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