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Author Topic: Hand tooling leather - are deer hides too soft?  (Read 795 times)

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Hand tooling leather - are deer hides too soft?
« on: September 04, 2010, 08:26:37 AM »
Is it possible to hand tool deer hide like one would hand tool a cow hide?
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Re: Hand tooling leather - are deer hides too soft?
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2010, 09:46:40 AM »
Unfortunately, deer is too soft.

Tooling leather is usually some sort of veggie tanned cow or buffalo hide.

Hope this helps.

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