Khilij
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Excellent work!
I agree.Excellent work!
That I know a little about. Bellies are stretchy, and backs are pretty... mechanically stable. If you're trying to make a belt (either for a machine or your pants), you cut from along the back. Bellies are scrap for anything I've ever done prior to this. Cutting cow in fronts will make for short belt sections if that's what you're after. Not sure why that's the thing exactly save maybe a tradition predating the industrial revolution?Most cowhides are cut as "sides" of the animal, but some Italians tanners like Badalassi cuts them as "fronts" like horsehide, I am not sure if that makes a difference.