Similar texture/grain but with a firmer feel. It is surprisingly stiff.Lovely looking hide. I've toyed with the idea of that for a Summer jacket; sounds like it has a similar feel to goat?
There are an estimated 50 to 60 million kangaroos in Australia. More than people. More than cattle.
Living here in Australia I see plenty of kangaroo hides for sale at markets etc. All are hair on hide complete and some are enormous. Never seen any leather for sale that is finished for leather goods. I guess they are sold to manufacturers only.We recently found a little bit of Kangaroo that had been put away in the wrong place and covered with some other hides. After making Lemon328i jacket we have enough for 1 more jacket ( depending on the size and style ) at the moment we have no intentions of restocking. It is a great leather but it is very costly to get to Scotland and the skins are surprisingly small making it unsuitable to some styles in bigger sizes.
The advice I got from Mars Leathers here is that most jacket quality roo is sold overseas. It's been very hard to obtain down here - except for the C grade hides you find at markets, etc. That advice is 6 years old.Living here in Australia I see plenty of kangaroo hides for sale at markets etc. All are hair on hide complete and some are enormous. Never seen any leather for sale that is finished for leather goods. I guess they are sold to manufacturers only.