Falcon Belt - leather

As a follow on from the last post about the leather, here goes!

A whole Cattle hide will naturally come in different varying thicknesses and fibre density depending on which part of the hide you use.
An easy example to start with would be the belly section. You'd expect a cow belly area to be naturally stretchy.... just the same as ours.
So not the best part of the hide to make belts or anything in which you want or depend on inherent strength within the actual leather.

Now onto the stronger parts.

Imagine a cow starting at its neck and working backwards. This starting area behind the neck and working back and down each side is called the shoulder area.
Behind that you have a large area called the Butt, not a great name for retail I'll admit. However this is where the tanned leather can be at it's thickest and most dense and... the most expensive. It's the only choice for bridle gear where strength is critical, and also for top end quality leather belts such as the Falcon belt.
I cut the Falcon belts from a bend which is half a butt. That's why I call it Harness leather! Much easier and hopefully gives you a clue as to the quality of the leather itself.
Hope that goes some way in explaining.