Oar Leather Kits - Duckworks Boat Builders Supply
Everything needed to leather your own oars Blackburn Kit: with Pete Culler-style Old School Long Oar Leathers this kit is an ideal choice for oars rowed off standard oarlocks and oars rowed off thole pins. Top grain vegetable tanned** 4 - 5 oz. beef hide Vegetable or oak-tanned leather was the original material preferred for leathering oars. Marine tallow was a given as the medium for seasoning and maintaining the leathers. The combination was superior then and it's superior now! Merrimac Kit: Same contents as Premium Kit except includes top grain chrome tanned 4 - 5 oz. beef hide. Perfectly adequate, just lacks the extra edge the vegetable tanning process provides. Islander Kit: intended primarily for shorter dinghy/small workboat oars. Does not include Oarsman tallow & Topcoat Packet. Does include top grain chrome tanned 4 -5 oz. beef hide pre-punched on one side. Kits include: two leathers Blackburn & Merrimac are 6-1/2 x 14 Islander leathers are 6-1/2 x 9 thread needles thonging punch complete instructions straps for buttons Oarsman Marine Tallow & Topcoat Basic Packet (not included in Islander Kit) Islander Oar Leathers installed on a pair of Shaw & Tenney 7' flat blade oars. * Note: Islander kit does not include Oarsman Marine Tallow & Topcoat Basic Packet **Yes, we know, this kit costs more than other oar leather kits--that's because you're getting more for your money. Properly installed and seasoned vegetable-tanned leather has about double the life span of chrome tanned leather and latigo. Rather than wearing with usage (as is the case for chrome tanned and latigo-type leather), oak and vegetable-tanned leather burnishes with use. This reduces friction between the leather and the oarlock. Lubricate the oarlock sockets with tallow, and you will experience a smoother sustained stroke pace with less effort--plus you will triple the life of your expensive bronze hardware. For the serious oarsman.
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