2019 Catalog

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Finished Buffalo Double Butts This leather is just beautiful! These Water Buffalo Double Butts have been beautifully finished with a very pretty sheen and a highly sought after vintage look! Incredibly strong leather with great flexibility and body and maybe a little stretch. These long double butts range in length from 54” to 65” in length, so they would be great for straps of all sorts, belts, guitar straps, wristbands, cuffs, heavy bags, saddle seats, flint knapping pads, and much more. Order what you want, we’re happy to cut these for you! (Approx. 8–10 oz. 18–24 sf. avg.) Retail: $8.29/sf. Wholesale: $7.69/sf.

34 Leather 20 th Anniversary Edition VINTAGE TAN ORDER #133-425604 BLACK ORDER #133-425501

ANTIQUE MAHOGANY ORDER #133-425503

PRE-CUT FINISHED BUFFALO 12" X 24" Retail: $27.00 ea. Whsl: $22.00 ea. COLOR ORDER # Black 133-422401 Brown 133-422402 Antique Mahogany 133-422403 Vintage Chocolate 133-422404 Vintage Tan 133-422405 PRE-CUT FINISHED BUFFALO 6" X 12" Retail: $9.00 ea. Whsl: $7.00 ea. COLOR ORDER # Black 133-420101 Brown 133-420201 Antique Mahogany 133-420301 Vintage Chocolate 133-420401 Vintage Tan 133-420501

PRE-CUT FINISHED BUFFALO 24" X 24" Retail: $46.00 ea. Whsl: $39.00 ea. COLOR ORDER # Black 133-422501 Brown 133-422502 Antique Mahogany 133-422503 Vintage Chocolate 133-422504 Vintage Tan 133-422505 PRE-CUT FINISHED BUFFALO 12" X 12" Retail: $16.00 ea. Whsl: $12.00 ea. COLOR ORDER # Black 133-421201 Brown 133-421202 Antique Mahogany 133-421203 Vintage Chocolate 133-421204 Vintage Tan 133-421205

BROWN ORDER #133-425502

VINTAGE CHOCOLATE ORDER #133-425602

How it Happened... A long, long time ago, in an apartment far, far away….. Pretty corny I guess….

I had just gotten out of the Navy in the very early 70’s, and once I’d go e ground in the civilian world, I found myself in the position of having to do something to actually earn money! I wasn’t all that fond of real work, and thought that if I formed a band, we could just make tons of money, and maybe even be sort of famous… Didn’t take long for reality to set in though! I discovered that making 3 or 4 hundred bucks for a Friday and Saturday nite, and then splitting it between 4 people really wasn’t what you could call “making tons of money”! So, I got a real job. I was driving a fork lift for the John Deere Company in Waterloo Iowa. Fortunately, I worked during the day, so I could keep playing in the band at night. Now, at 5.26 an hour, I was actually making some money! I upgraded my guitar, and after watching some musicians on T.V., I decided that I needed to have a leather guitar strap with my name on it. So after asking around, I took some of my hard earned money, and went to my local leather store, and let some guy sell me 100 dollars worth of stuff that I really didn’t need. He gave me a quart of neat lac, a starter set, a rawhide mallet, some paints, and some omega dark brown dye along with a 10 ounce piece of hard old yellow dirty looking latigo that he said should make a good guitar strap. He didn’t last long with the company… (continued page 53)

S.O.C. Finished Splits

Buffalo Culattas Very nice, good quality water buffalo! These were sides that have been done into culattas, with very little waste! They feature a classic

Very firm leather, comes in double butts. Great for firm linings, cases, and anything that needs a good, clean, smooth, black leather. Great for adding body where you need it, excellent quality. Order what you need. And by the way, I have no idea what S.O.C. means... Silly Old Cow, perhaps? (Approx. 4–5 oz. 14–16 sf avg.) Retail: $4.49/sf. Wholesale: $3.99/sf.

matte finish and are available in Black and Brown. Would make glorious belts, cases, saddle bags, etc. Order what ya want, we’ll cut it for you! (Approx 5–6 oz. 11–15 sf. avg.) Retail: $5.99/sf. Wholesale: $5.59/sf.

MATTE BLACK #133-56001

BLACK 62-23

MATTE BROWN #133-56003

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