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Since you're not making things that require a large piece of leather, nor long straps, but maybe don't want the stretch in a belly, why don't you try buying double shoulders? They're going to be little mushy on the neck portions and you'll get some flanky stuff near the leg, but they're generally more cost effective than the backs because they don't have the length that belt and tack makers need for the really long and strongest straps. You'll have some fat marks and wrinkles marks in the shoulder that you won't find over much of a back, but I don't see that it will impact your tooling or dye any.

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Since you're not making things that require a large piece of leather, nor long straps, but maybe don't want the stretch in a belly, why don't you try buying double shoulders? They're going to be little mushy on the neck portions and you'll get some flanky stuff near the leg, but they're generally more cost effective than the backs because they don't have the length that belt and tack makers need for the really long and strongest straps. You'll have some fat marks and wrinkles marks in the shoulder that you won't find over much of a back, but I don't see that it will impact your tooling or dye any.

Thanks for the advice! I'll give that a try (and now I have the leather I need if I do want to make belts and guitar straps in the future.

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