Layout Basics
I think a good place to start is leather. A person should learn the lingo. Most tanneries have some sort of a glossary to explain the different leather. Don't let anybody tell leather is leather because you will find out the truth the hard way. One side of leather has enough differences in it to goof with anyone. This is my most favorite thing is rolling out a fresh side on the block.
A saddle is good example because it takes two sides of veg-tanned leather to fit all the parts. More important is where those parts are laid out on that hide. There is not much room for error so a lot of thought goes into that. So pay close attention to you smaller projects and where on the beef the leather was cut from. If you have no idea maybe I would not choose to spend a lot of time on .
So lets look at a side. Locate the head and the tail. I then lay the back closest to the edge of the block. Behind the legs or the armpit is the most flimsy stretch able leather on a side we call that a pocket. Even if you only use shoulder this is good to do.Once you can get down and it does take some looking to see half a beef in there it's there. All the spots in that hide has a place to be used. If all you make are belt the your better off just buying backs anyway but its still good to know.
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