shooting tabs

[snowplow]

Hey guys, any of you make your own tabs?

What leather do you like to use?

Also do you prefer a (thick enough) single or multiple layer construction?

[Buckeeboy]

I cut the tongue out of an old pair of Red Ball pac boots...best one I have used lol

[pghrich]

all the time, i shoot 3  under so its a bit easier to make than a split finger, i bought 1 fred eicher tab and use it as a pattern, i will never have to but another ever, rich pyle

[The Whittler]

Cordovan (spelling) leather is very good.

[FerretWYO]

I make my own often. Just made three the other day plus one for a friend.

I use cordovan when I can get my hands on it. I also like to get chrome tanned latigo as it works pretty well.

[snowplow]

Whats the criteria on the leather, is being 'slick' pretty much the only option? I say that because if its slick but not thick enough, you just add some behind it right?

Anybody use cordura or anything like that?

[H1tman7]

I cut mine out of a Kudu cape, from the front leg.  The hair is short and the skin is thicker than the rest of the hide.  I have been shooting it for 3 years now, and it has lost pretty much no hair at all.  Would have NEVER guessed it would last this long.  I shoot probably every other day during off season and pretty much every day during season. The best part is the release is super crisp with that slick hair.

[damascusdave]

The issue with Cordovan right now is getting it...it appears that Horween, the major supplier, has quit offering it for sale...the commercial Cordovan tabs I currently use are amazing...I cannot imagine a better material for a tab and I have had a considerable number of tabs

DDave

[damascusdave]

I guess I should have checked first...Lancaster Archery Supply has a number of options when it comes to Cordovan

DDave

[mahantango]

Been making my own for years (and for my wife and son). I like a thick tab as I shoot fairly skinny strings, shoot a lot, and never quite understood the need to "feel the string". To me that just leads to a crappy release, sorta like bare fingers. So to answer your question, 8-10 oz. veg tan, about like you would use for a sturdy sheath or holster. Frequently treat with powder scraped off a welder's soapstone pencil.

[snowplow]

Cool thanks guys. Thats really cool about the kudu. I have a preference (though with a glove) like you Mahantango and was thinking along the lines you just said. That's what I'll try first.