(less grab) or the rough side out (more grab) it's the roper's choice.īelow: An elk hide showing both the smooth side and theĮlk hide is a favorite hide for making all kinds of items, including gloves, Used for horn wrap, you can wrap the saddle horn with the smooth side out Wrap (you can see more about elk hide horn wrap lower on this page). This hide was used for small projects, primarily horn See both sides of the hide, and can see that one side is smooth and the In winter, the elk move to lower elevations mostlyĪ bull elk in Yellowstone National Park, USA.īelow is a close-up of the elk hide shown at the top of this page. Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho) is the summer grazing home to an estimatedġ0,000–20,000 elk. National Park spanning more than 3,400 square miles located in the states of National Park Service website, Yellowstone National Park (a sprawling Might be given in a range, something like "4 to 4.5 ounces."īelow: A handy chart comparing hide thickness in ounces Since it is not uncommon for a hide to vary in thickness, the weight Reducing the fraction down to the lowest common denominator, our example One ounce is equal to 1/64 of an inch in thickness.Ī hide is said to be 4 ounces, that would equal a thickness of 4/64 of an inch. Hide and/or leather thickness for elk hide and other types of hide is They are often a good choice for projects where the user Grade hides can have a lot of strong and attractive hide in them, and can beĪ good value for the money. Have more holes or blemishes than a hide of a higher grade. Their own criteria for grading hides), in general it means that the hide may It's hard to pinpoint exactly what this means (remember, each seller uses You will also see some elk hides for sale described as "craft grade." While Than another seller's hide of the same grade. Seller's hide of a certain grade might be of greater or lesser quality Seller decides their own criteria for how to grade a hide, so one Of the hide is that there is not an industry-wide grading system. What's probably most important to understand in grading the quality Some sellers use numbers (1, 2, 3, etc.) toĭescribe their grades of hide or leather while others use letters (A, B, C, etc.). So, just what are these quality grades? They are the seller's way ofĭescribing the quality of the elk hide. Is, the seller will describe a hide as something like "#2 Quality" or You will notice that a lot of the elk hides for sale are graded for quality. What remained, shown below, was used for various Might also like to shop for elk meat for sale.īelow: The remnant of an elk hide. The item's description to know which kind of hide you're looking at. With files from Radio-Canada's Nelly Alberola, Elizabeth Withey and the Calgary Eyeopener.Note that in addition to the elk hides there are often also deer hides be sure to read
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