05-27-2007, 11:34 AM
I'm looking at getting into a few leather projects. I understand that cow leather is generally acceptable.
However, I was wondering if there is another type of hide that might be closer to goat (which I believe was the most common is use by the Romans?)
I can readily get the cow or pig through all kinds of commercial means. I could stake a claim to some elk or deer, though I may have to tan it myself.
An even more remote possibly might be some sheep, though most of the sheep ranches around here sell theirs commercially for things like slippers and jacket liners.
Just from considering the similarity of the animals themselves, though, I was thinking this one might actually be the closest to the goat skin?
However, I was wondering if there is another type of hide that might be closer to goat (which I believe was the most common is use by the Romans?)
I can readily get the cow or pig through all kinds of commercial means. I could stake a claim to some elk or deer, though I may have to tan it myself.
An even more remote possibly might be some sheep, though most of the sheep ranches around here sell theirs commercially for things like slippers and jacket liners.
Just from considering the similarity of the animals themselves, though, I was thinking this one might actually be the closest to the goat skin?
Marcus Julius Germanus
m.k.a. Brian Biesemeyer
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m.k.a. Brian Biesemeyer
S.P.Q.A.
