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Ippus:
Not completely sure this is the right board for this, but how do you all get hold of leather for accessories (rawhide, buckskin, etc) if you haven't managed to kill your own yet?

I'm talking about braintan for making a quiver or rawhide for a primitive fletching jig or something for shooting tabs. Do local craft stores tend to carry that sort of thing? Fabric shops? Shoe repair places? Or do you typically trade for it with other enthusiasts, like on here?

Appreciate anybody pointing me in the right direction.

Pat B:
I trade for or buy the leather I need and usually trade for deer rawhide or make my own. Companies like Moscow Hide and Fur, Crazy Crow(both PA sponsors) or others that advertise in PA Magazine and here on this website are good places to buy leathers and rawhide.
 You can also find leather in the way of old jackets, furniture or leather bags in thrift shops and garage sales. 

Ippus:
Thanks!

Dakota Kid:
Check out upholstery shops too. I have a lady who not only refinished my lazyboy with camo fabric, but she also saves her leather scraps for me in exchange for some wild game and fish.

Ed Brooks:
I just happened to run across a local glove manufacture that sales scrap leather of several colors and thickness for a buck a pound. 

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