Duckster,

I have a good friend that runs a leather store and does some amazing leather work as well.

He told me the same thing Tyeflies suggested, cut part way through the hide from the skin side, then tear it apart.

When he's cutting, he doing HUNDREDS of skins, so I figured he'd know the most efficient way.

For 'strips', I do all the 'cutting' first, then tear off the strips. You lay out/cut a whole skin in about ten minutes, and do both regular and crosscuts.

Works well for me.

I do, however, think that Rando's method would work as well. Neat trick.

Good Luck!

Buddy

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