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Title: New Product Idea.....
Post by: slayer1 on November 08, 2012, 07:50:00 AM
Maybe this is already a product, but I have never seen it. I wish someone would make a shooting glove out of cordovan leather. I have seen the gloves that have regular leather covered with cordovan leather, but those tend to be to thick. If someone made one exactly like the Damascus glove except with thin cordovan leather I would buy 2 in a heart beat. I have a cordovan tab that is super slick and super tough but I am just not a tab guy. You guys pipe in with any other ideas, or if you know someone that would custom make such a thing.
Title: Re: New Product Idea.....
Post by: Shaun on November 08, 2012, 08:01:00 AM
Real cordovan leather comes from a small circle area on the hip of a horse - VERY expensive. Gloves would cost a lot because of material cost.
Title: Re: New Product Idea.....
Post by: slayer1 on November 08, 2012, 08:02:00 AM
I forgot to add this comment. The cordovan leather is thin enough so that you still feel the string but would be tough enough to last longer than a Damascus.
Title: Re: New Product Idea.....
Post by: 2fletch on November 08, 2012, 08:48:00 AM
Scott, that's a good idea but it would be expensive. The cost of cordovan for the manufacturer to make a tab (depending on the design) might be as high as $5-6.00 not including other materials and labor. The projected cost of a glove to the user would probably be at least $30.00 or so minimum.
Title: Re: New Product Idea.....
Post by: ChrisM on November 08, 2012, 09:15:00 AM
Bateman could do it.
Title: Re: New Product Idea.....
Post by: gringol on November 08, 2012, 09:18:00 AM
Why couldn't you use cordovan for just the tips of the fingers instead of the whole glove?  Seems like it would require about the same amount of cordovan as a tab...
Title: Re: New Product Idea.....
Post by: Butchie on November 08, 2012, 09:42:00 AM
Agreee with gringol!  I'd like to see that.
Title: Re: New Product Idea.....
Post by: slayer1 on November 08, 2012, 10:47:00 AM
Who is Bateman? Is he a sponsor here?
Title: Re: New Product Idea.....
Post by: Alexander Traditional on November 08, 2012, 12:22:00 PM
3Rivers has a glove with cordovan tips.
Title: Re: New Product Idea.....
Post by: ron w on November 08, 2012, 12:26:00 PM
I have 2 gloves that I got from Alaskan Bowhunter Supply that have Cordovan  finger tips. I think 3 Rivers sell them also!
Title: Re: New Product Idea.....
Post by: twigflicker on November 08, 2012, 12:28:00 PM
I can't find it now... but at one time there was a thread where Joey Buchannan would take an Alaskan Bowhunters Super Glove... one with the cordovan tips and turn it wrong side out and cut away the extra leather that laid under the cordovan...

He even goes so far as to cut the finger tips out to have a better feel for him...

I tried it... loved the feel, but I was a bit wreckless and cut through the cordovan in one spot :-(

Jonathan
Title: Re: New Product Idea.....
Post by: twigflicker on November 08, 2012, 12:31:00 PM
Well shoot... Searched another way and it came up rather easily...

 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=046460

Jonathan
Title: Re: New Product Idea.....
Post by: highPlains on November 08, 2012, 12:32:00 PM
I'm working on exactly what you're looking for. Still a ways from having it in production, but that product is coming!
Title: Re: New Product Idea.....
Post by: slayer1 on November 08, 2012, 12:52:00 PM
If you need a product tester my services are available!  ;)
Title: Re: New Product Idea.....
Post by: KSshrewman on November 08, 2012, 02:57:00 PM
I would like to see true full gloves return.  Best gloves I've ever owned were from Berlin and bought from Alaska BH years ago.  They were treebark fleece top with buckskin full face palm and fingers with double finger tips.  Sold in set.  Just enough warmth and not bulky.  I really wish someone would make another.....I still use them but they are on their last legs...
Title: Re: New Product Idea.....
Post by: Hermon on November 08, 2012, 03:55:00 PM
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Originally posted by KSshrewman:
I would like to see true full gloves return.  Best gloves I've ever owned were from Berlin and bought from Alaska BH years ago.  They were treebark fleece top with buckskin full face palm and fingers with double finger tips.  Sold in set.  Just enough warmth and not bulky.  I really wish someone would make another.....
x2
Title: Re: New Product Idea.....
Post by: joebuck on November 08, 2012, 04:54:00 PM
Slayer1,  buy the Alaskan Bowhunting Supply Superglove ( cordivan tip) turn fingers inside out and cut the pig hide off fingers where you would have just cordavan on the tips.....i have been doing this for 12 years....i had a how to somewhere on here..

try this link

 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=046460#000000
Title: Re: New Product Idea.....
Post by: Roger Norris on November 08, 2012, 05:49:00 PM
Have you guys ever tried shooting with a golf glove?