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Sean Flynt
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 Posted: Tue 23 Jul, 2013 10:22 am Post subject: Source for ray skin? |
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Does anybody know of a reliable source for small quantities of ray skin? I need a bit for one grip.
-Sean
"Everywhere I have searched for peace and nowhere found it, except in a corner with a book"- Thomas a Kempis (d. 1471)
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Lloyd Winter
Location: Los Angeles Joined: 27 Aug 2011
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| Posted: Tue 23 Jul, 2013 10:50 am Post subject: |
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eBay or Tandy
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Josh Wilson
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There are tons of listings on Ebay. If you're doing a Japanese handle, I saw someone selling premade wooden handles, a whole ray skin and an ito as a package deal.
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Sean Flynt
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| Posted: Tue 23 Jul, 2013 11:36 am Post subject: |
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Thanks! I'm doing a small German grip of the early 16th c. Juvenile ray would be perfect.
-Sean
"Everywhere I have searched for peace and nowhere found it, except in a corner with a book"- Thomas a Kempis (d. 1471)
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Michael B.
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Location: Seattle, WA Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Tue 23 Jul, 2013 12:23 pm Post subject: |
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My local Tandy leather carries a stack of them. I would imagine they are on their website as well.
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Christopher Treichel
Location: Metro D.C. Joined: 14 Jan 2010
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| Josh Wilson wrote: | | There are tons of listings on Ebay. If you're doing a Japanese handle, I saw someone selling premade wooden handles, a whole ray skin and an ito as a package deal. |
That does not work since the nakago are all different shapes....
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Sean Flynt
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| Posted: Tue 23 Jul, 2013 1:25 pm Post subject: |
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found an affordable skin! i was looking for "ray skin," but these tend to be listed as "stingray skin".
thanks, all!
-Sean
"Everywhere I have searched for peace and nowhere found it, except in a corner with a book"- Thomas a Kempis (d. 1471)
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This is a standard topic