Re: not necessarily true
Mlm, Hides are different thicknesses yes, but in modern times the ability to split a whole hide is easy and common. That is to say the whole hide ends up pretty much the same thickness. I have used a smaller than whole hide machine to trim thickness of straps etc. So to assume that the whole hides were used without splitting is an assumtion without much basis in fact. Whole hides that have not been split can be up to one half inch thick! Jerry
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