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Muskyman:
I bought some rawhide a month or so ago and never really looked at it.got it from a place that sells traditional archery stuff. Finally unrolled it today and it’s really thin. I mean I can see my fingers through it, in an opaque kind of way. I’m sure it’s pretty tough but is that normal. I think it said that the rawhide was 1 mil thick. I don’t really know if there’s such a thing as to thin. I’m guessing it’s okay to be that thin

bradsmith2010:
yes thin is good,,

WhistlingBadger:
I think that's exactly what you want!

Muskyman:
Perfect, that’s what I was hoping to hear.  On with the show.

PaSteve:
I have some goat rawhide that is very thin and translucent. Best rawhide I've used. Sounds to me like you have some good rawhide for bow backing. I also prestretch it before I glue up.

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