by Thebreeze » Mon Feb 25, 2013 3:00 am
From experience, I can tell you that I have done this several times, no problems whatsoever with oils draining from the skins, and these skins have gone onto numerous drums with no issues. I have done this going back about 10 years now, so don't worry about it. As far as the belly, yeah, that area is thinner and depending on how thick the cow hide was to begin with ( depending if it was a steer, bull, cow, etc.. different thicknesses ). I have been able to use smaller left over pieces from those areas for the Hembra head of Bongos for sure as well as Batas. Do it, you won't regret it and you will see how easy it will be for you this way.