In all due respect, I would prefer to have a souce of pig leather that is ALREADY tanned! Not sure I want to try to wrestle a pig that size fr a meter and a half of leather.
Patrick

I never knew that the French have a good sense of humour!! (referring to the pig image)

I thought that it was interesting to see how the soldiers of that period wrapped the shoulder straps around their belts and the nose of the holster.
Big Norm