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From remarks on this board it appears pigskin is the leather of choice for covering butt pads. Anyone have a source for such leather of appropriate thickness and quality?
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The Leather Factory (formerly Tanday Leather Co.) has outlets both on line and physical. Should be no problem finding one near you. It is best to choose your skins yourself as the markings on the skins may limit just how much usable material there is to be had. One likes to not have scuff marks, skive marks, brands, or other disfiguring attributes on the face of the newly created leather covered pad.
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Tandy Leather #115 - TEMPE
Manager: Jim Augustson
tempe@tandyleather.com
1932 East University Dr
Tempe , AZ 85281
USA
Phone: 480-966-4151
Fax: 480-966-0241
Toll Free: 800-668-5174
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There are Tandy stores in most cities. I just bought a whole pig skin for around 40.00. I have found that the best skin is the skin around the edges. The skin on the back is stiffer (is that a word) and you can pull the skin aorund the toe of the pad a lot better. I found this out the hard way when I tried to stretch some back skin around the toe of a 1 3/4 inch pad and finally had to to remove the leather and go to some Kid leather skin that is a lot more plyable and thinner.
Just my two cents.
Regards, Gordon
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I want to put a leather face on a Silvers pad which has gotten slippery from use, but not cover the entire pad. What is the best glue to use for this? I plan to order some black pigskin (1.99 sq ft) from Tandy, Thx
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Barge Cement will work very well, also sold at Tandy.
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Barge Cement will work very well, also sold at Tandy. Thank-you
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I was told by a stock maker that also did pads that he was only able to use about 50% of a pigskin for pads if he was lucky, the rest was too thick.
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I was told by a stock maker that also did pads that he was only able to use about 50% of a pigskin for pads if he was lucky, the rest was too thick.
That's pretty much true about the yield on pig skin. BTW, for what it's worth the new Barge cement in the blue & white tubes is not nearly as good as the original red & yellow from my experience. I buy the stuff by the quart in the yellow & red cans from Tandy. A quart lasts a LONG time.
Last edited by Doug Mann; 03/22/10 12:29 AM.
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I use goatskin. It works well for me and is probably easier to get, too. Good luck.
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