Stumbled on a bit of rawhide (looks like about 5 sq ft) and wondering what it might be good for.  I have seen people cut cordage out of it in spirals, but what else do you do with rawhide?

Thanks
Doc

Boy, I don't know. If she's pretty and likes increasing pain........as it dries, you know.

The only thing I can vaguely recall might be for making shapes. Seems like I recall that the shape of a saddle horn was formed with rawhide then covered with the finish leather. I might be wrong, a saddle is about the one thing I never made. Even back in the early 80's when I did alot a saddle woulda been about $500 for a "tree" and enough skins to do one, a tree was a wooden form the a western saddle was built on.
That memory is from reading the books.
Rawhide is untanned/untreated and is unpliable limiting it's uses. It also does not preserve as well.
Chew toys is one of the biggest uses today I think. Got me stumped.
I also remember it was used as a webbing for snowshoes but was always coated in varnish or some sealer to keep it from breaking down.

You're in Texas!!!  Hay chaps!!

Mountain Man Duct tape.

It was used to repair all sorts of things. Wrist of a stock, Stirrups, Saddles and so on.

The Backwoodsman had an article a few months back on it's uses.