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Title: Rawhide backing
Post by: Jjpso on March 16, 2016, 05:10:10 am

Hello there.

Cold you guys advice where to get some rawhide backing strips in europe?
In flybow its not available and in fairbow, with the transportation costs, is way too expensive!

Is there any other place who sells it? I tryed the dog bones, but not happy with the quality.

Thanks

João pedro

Title: Re: Rawhide backing
Post by: Pat B on March 16, 2016, 08:03:53 am

Do you know of any leather companies near you? They may offer rawhide also.  Book binders too possibly
Goat rawhide is excellent for bow backing.

Title: Re: Rawhide backing
Post by: Lumberman on March 16, 2016, 09:02:58 am

Maybe just buy the goat off a small farm, can be good eating too, no lie

Title: Re: Rawhide backing
Post by: BowEd on March 16, 2016, 10:58:11 am

Yea most times the stuff you make for yourself you like better.Frame up a critter.Flesh it.Let it dry.Dehair it.Cut it into strips.If you got close neighbors let them contemplate exactly what's going on .....lol.They usually sell rawhide strips in the states for 20.00/2" by 36".

Title: Re: Rawhide backing
Post by: wizardgoat on March 16, 2016, 11:20:18 am

Call up leather stores or traditional drum makers

Title: Re: Rawhide backing
Post by: sieddy on March 16, 2016, 12:33:37 pm

I dunno where you live but the only decent source I know of in the UK is Tandy leather. It's £30ish pounds for a single bend (whatever that is!). I can't remember the dimensions but it'll back a bow.

Title: Re: Rawhide backing
Post by: PatM on March 16, 2016, 01:34:43 pm

Go to a butcher.

Title: Re: Rawhide backing
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on March 16, 2016, 01:49:05 pm

I would look at rawhide drum heads.  Remo makes them for djembes, tambourines and other percussion instruments as such. They are very thin and consistent. Probably wont cover an entire limb, but at least cover the working portion.

Title: Re: Rawhide backing
Post by: TheArborist on March 16, 2016, 04:06:20 pm

What about using one of those big dog bones?  Is that worth doing?

Title: Re: Rawhide backing
Post by: bradsmith2010 on March 16, 2016, 06:04:47 pm

I think the dog bones would work, if you sand and scrape them very thin,, it would be alot of work, but if you can't find anything else,, the thinned down version should work fine,,

Title: Re: Rawhide backing
Post by: ajooter on March 16, 2016, 10:57:48 pm

I use goat rawhide from Moscow fur and hide...not sure what shipping would be over there but that stuff works great.  I buy it by the whole hide.  You can get a lot of backing strips out of one hide.

Title: Re: Rawhide backing
Post by: Jjpso on March 17, 2016, 12:19:55 pm

thanks for all the help guys.

i found a leather dealer here in portugal, and sent him an email.
also found some stores who sell rawhide strips and entire rawhides in germany and england.

regards,

joão from portugal

Title: Re: Rawhide backing
Post by: Aaron H on March 17, 2016, 12:31:19 pm

Get it as thin as you can get it