Is there a non-horse equivalent to cordovan?

[2fletch]

Damascus is goat hide, it's used a lot, and it seems to work well in a glove. It may not be as good as cordovan in a tab, but probably isn't bad. We may have to check that out.

Cordovan involves a lot of processing to get it so slick and durable. The cost of it is high and you may wait a long time. It was about 3-4 months wait the last time I ordered it. You may pay over $100 for a shell that will only make 12-15 tabs. That come out to about $7.00-8.00 per tab, not counting the cost of constrution, etc. A dealer has to struggle to keep their price down, but yet make a small profit.

     

[Spookinelk]

If God didn't want us to make tabs out of horses he wouldn't have wrapped them in leather...  

[LYONEL]

You live in Australia mate, stick to roo pound for pound the toughest leather you will find. I was talking to a customer of mine the other day who sells custom made race suits for motor cycle racing, his standard suits are made out of cow leather & his top of the range & best are made out of roo leather. He calls it the carbon fibre of the leather world! Best for abbrasion resistance.

[moththerlode]

They are wrapped in cordovan, not leather ,please try to keep up    


 

Originally posted by Spookinelk:
If God didn't want us to make tabs out of horses he wouldn't have wrapped them in leather...    

[Angus]

Originally posted by Safari Scott:
Well at least you didn't get roped into eating snail over there. The one I had tasted like an old eraser dipped in butter. I think it was actually a sea snail too. Rest of the food was pretty great.

I'm half Scots, half French; my French Grandmother loved to remind me that Coq au vin-chicken in wine sauce-was made from the one that *didn't* make it across the road.