Quote Originally Posted by ducksterman View Post
If you will notice the three shown can be held without exposure of your fingers...good question and a definite consideration.

Cheaper depends on how many you do... and back in the "old" days I could buy pelts on the cheap...but mainly I did it because I could control the width I wanted....you do get a lot more strips for the buck
I think I'm going to look for some pelts an give it a try, provided I can get dyed whole pelts.