Reg: Leather

You need to make a few calls to those who sell it, Murphy.

Cowhide sales...

http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/en-usd/home/cowhide.aspx?pg=all

DOOD!

Tandy's still around?

Sweet, I remember the Tandy Leather kits we used in Scouting to get our Leatherworking badge.

Haven't heard of them in forever, though.

20-60%.

Can't we make artificial leather similar to plastic,nylon etc

Yes we can.

However, that was not the question, which is why nobody had ventured that information yet.

I can understand, she's very attached to both.

Why do we always have to use cows, can't we use another source for leather, one that's easier to come by and less likely to attract the PETA protests?

I know, let's use fat people! Some of them already have more skin capita than cows, and it's a growing resource (iv every sense of the phrase) in the US.

"Ohhh, nice couch, is it leather?"

"No."

"Vinyl?"

"Nah."

"Naugahide?"

"Nope, Bubbahide."

(Appologies to any 'big boned' people who were offended, but seriously, in the US, if you DON'T have some level of weight problem, either your entire life revolves around nutrition & fitness, meaning you're doing nothing but maintaining your body at peak levels and 'selling' it (either by being a model, an actor, a stuntman, or a professional athlete), or you have other health issues that are making your body waste away despite the increased calorie intake common in the US. If off-the-wall comments like mine are offensive, perhaps you should sit down and watch some of the routines done by Don Rickles, Sam Kinnison and Andrew Dice Clay. That should help you develop a thicker skin. That way everyone wins, you're not so easily offended, and we can get more layers of split hide out of you.)

(I think I should stop now, before I dig myself in too deep to climb out on my own.)

"I GOT CHOCOLATE!"

YES!

Everything's better with Chocolate. Bacon can make everything better too, but Chocolate and Bacon together improves the Bacon.

(It's kind of like the Mohs scale of hardness, Bacon is at a 9.2 on the scale, Chocolate is at 9.4, so Chocolate stratches improves bacon.

Looking for alternate product to use?

Q>How many terrorist does it take to upholster a Buick?

A> Depends on how thin you slice them.

I would turn myself into a couch or even a davenport for Scarlett Johansson.

Hey we slaughter about 35 million cattle per year for meat.....the hides are just a by-product....as are more disgusting things I won't go into.....

If the 'jokelett' (as in "Heh, that was like a joke, but smaller.") about Bessie being 'attached' to her hide (going for the humorous confusion between physical/emotional attachment) didn't let you know I was going for joviality, I would have thought the exchange ending with the punch line 'Bubbahide' would have been as subtle as Ghallager with a watermelon and his Sledge-o-matic.

To paraphrase The Most Interesting man in the World, "I don't always forget to add smilies to my funny posts, but when i do, someone mistakes me for being serious."

As a rule of thumb; don't take me serious on the first read-through of the post. *I* don't even take myself serious most of the time, I know some of the silly places I hang out at and learn bad habits from.

If for automotive purpose, a rawhide shoelace can be used for an emergency fan belt if wetted, tied tightly and allowed to shrink.

I you have a convertible, leaving the top down during a monsoon, would justify using split leather. The horns can be used as a hood ornament.

The other guys here have already covered the cost difference part of your question.