Rawhide

[Pandabean]

Just wondering if anyone knows if LePrevo stock rawhide lacing/strips? I can't seem to find it on their website, but then again I could be looking under the wrong thing.

Its for a snowshoe project that I am thinking about starting sometime soon, just in time for next winter.

 

[John Fenna]

Have you thought of cutting your own babiche from doggy chews?
I have dome some and although it takes a bit of time and is not the nicest of things to do it is cheap.
Get big chews, soak em to soften them, dry them to to point where they are "leathery" and not TOO slimey, then cut them in a spiral to the width of lace you want. Oil them (Neatsfoot oil) to preserve the leather and keep them supple.

 

[Pandabean]

I tried dog chews many years ago making a viking shield . But for snowshoes, I was thinking more of length rather than using multiple bits. What sort of length do you get out of large dog chews?

 

[John Fenna]

It depends on the dog chew and how wide you cut the wangs!
I have got a piece soaking in oil at the moment aprox 10 feet long, about 5mm wide x 1.5 mm thick, twisted into a cord.
But it was a big chew....

 

[craeg]

Ingenious Are we talking the manky looking yellowy chews?

Craeg

 

[hiho]

i think so... knowing me i'm usually wrong.

 

[John Fenna]

Often labelled as "Rawhide Chews"...

 

[Pandabean]

10ft long should be enough. Not decided on whether it will be a simple bear paw design or a much longer trail shoe.

 

[craeg]

Often labelled as "Rawhide Chews"...

Ta John

Have to have a go at that.

Craeg

 

[hiho]

that makes 2 of us