Re: Re--The replies to my last post

Posted by MarkB_MI on March 18, 2011 at 09:58:29 from (198.208.251.23):

In Reply to: Re--The replies to my last post posted by NCWayne on March 18, 2011 at 08:26:54:

There is no market for thick leather, hence no supply.

Hides have to be split to a uniform thickness. If you split it thin, you can use almost the entire hide. If you split it thick, you can use the center of the hide but the thinner remants on the outside edges will be too small for most purposes. So the thicker the material, the greater the waste. Combine that with the fact that there's little demand for thick leather, most tanneries won't bother with producing thick hides.

Now move the whole process to China, and you can see why your supplier is having a rough time. Maybe there's a niche market for high-quality US-produced thick leather that someone can move into. Of course you'll have a hard time finding anyone who is a legal resident willing to work in a tannery.

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