bikermutt07 Posted July 31, 2016 Report Posted July 31, 2016 I'm pretty sure I know what splits are, but how do you utilise them? Quote I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with. Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day. From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Members Big Sioux Saddlery Posted August 1, 2016 Members Report Posted August 1, 2016 JLS, your post made me laugh, despite the fact that I am not a grown man, but a nearing-menopausal-hormone-crazed woman. Lol. That's ok, I can still handle a little humor. And as far as you being responsible if I don't like the leather, when I make a deal I stick to a deal. I buy what I buy and I stand behind what I sell. I wish everyone I deal with would do the same. I could use 4 oz, probably nothing lighter. Heavier would be great! Would they be as big as a side, being splits, or would they be more like a back, since the belly is often a little lighter on an un-split side? If we could find a third person, I'd go for 10 sides. Been really curious if they'd work like I think they would, in the application I'd like to use them in. Bikermutt, a split is flesh on both sides. It's the piece that comes off the flesh side when splitting down a heavier piece of leather. So say they want 24 ft sides that are leveled to 7 oz. While they might find smaller hides that run that light without splitting, any hide from a mature animal will have to be split down from heavier leather, like saddle skirting weight leather. I'd say most cowhide under 9/10 or 10/11 oz has been split. That's just a guess, but when I order light weight skirting, mostly it's full thickness, just lighter hides to start with. I get some 8/10's from W & C that don't seem to have been split much, but anything under that weight seems to usually have been split, assuming they're not from something that was half grown when slaughtered. And sorry, nothing personal but I'm going to keep this one to myself as to what I want them for. No big trade secret or anything, I just want to try it before I run my mouth. Jeff, see what you can get done. . . .Anyone else want to try 10 splits?? If a third person is game, I'm in. But nothing under 4 oz for me, that'd be the absolute lightest I'd want to go. Also Jeff, where in IA do you live? I get around quite a bit, and possibly could save the shipping from you to me. Quote
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted August 1, 2016 Author Contributing Member Report Posted August 1, 2016 No fair No fair No fair No fair. Nothing in that list o stuff under your pic suggests girl stuff But what I actually meant was you sound like you're responsible for your own choices (it's not quite down to you 'n' me, but close). I'm in Fort Dodge, right on HWY 20. Haven't been up yer way in about 15 years.... ona these days I GOT to stop working and go do sumthing. Gotta hurry, though.. wife is wanting to move to MN and don't look like I'm gonna git outta going too! No trouble -- with 10,000 fishin' lakes I kin likely find SUMTHIN to do up that way. The price sheet I dug up is last year, but it lists 2-4, 3/5, and then 4/6 and 5/7 but the last two say 'when available". Quote "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
Members Nuttish Posted August 5, 2016 Members Report Posted August 5, 2016 I'm unclear on whether you want the grain or flesh side splits. Wickett will split anything they sell with no minimums. They usually discard the splits. I have them send them because they're tremendously useful for prototyping. They might sell them to you b Quote
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted August 5, 2016 Author Contributing Member Report Posted August 5, 2016 Yep, I mean the sueded "under side" of "split"... not the top grain people normally think of as "leather". W/C has sent me the splits on occasion, but since I'm splitting 10 oz down to 7.5 or 8 oz, the resulting split isn't much of anything useful to me. Still haven't called to verify, but I am going to talk to HO to see if the 30 splits need to be all the same weight. Quote "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
Members AEMcClain Posted August 5, 2016 Members Report Posted August 5, 2016 I was thinking these might be useful as lining for holsters and slings. I'm not a fan of chrome tanned anything touching a gun. Quote
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted August 5, 2016 Author Contributing Member Report Posted August 5, 2016 34 minutes ago, AEMcClain said: I was thinking these might be useful as lining for holsters and slings. I'm not a fan of chrome tanned anything touching a gun. That is -- among other things - one of the uses I would want this for. Someone will pipe in shortly to ask why not just order heavier leather to begin... but it aint the same. Quote "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
Members Big Sioux Saddlery Posted August 5, 2016 Members Report Posted August 5, 2016 And I'm still interested:-) I'm going to be out of the shop for a week starting Monday the 8th and may not have internet access, so don't anyone get their panties in a bunch if something goes down with this and I don't respond or chime in:-) I'll be back the 15th. Quote
Members AEMcClain Posted August 5, 2016 Members Report Posted August 5, 2016 Near the end of this month my finances will look much better. I would be in for 10 splits. I operate under big boy rules so no worries there. Quote
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted August 5, 2016 Author Contributing Member Report Posted August 5, 2016 Where you located? I just spoke with Renee at HO who says that's not a problem combining weights. I'd likely go with the 3/5 for what i'm doing. She says she'd like the heavier 5/7 (BSS ↑). Wait.. did someone just make reference to my underwear .. Quote "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
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