Type of leather on a leather faced pad?

[B. Dudley]

Goat skin is common. CSMC sells it in black, and i beleive brown as well. Black is most commonly seen on leather faced pads. You can face 4-5 pads with the pieces they sell.

If your pad is good enough to just reface it, then great. Usually the pads are too deteriorated as well and need replacement as well.

Make aure your pad surface is good a clean anf smooth. Any imperfections will show through the leather. Barge cement (shoe glue) works great for attaching it.

[J. A. EARLY]

Thanks for the info and source to all. The pad is a period Jostam Anti-Flinch and is as good as the gun, but having scraped the few remaining pieces I need to cover it.

Thanks.

[Randy Roberts]

Here's an example of a new Silvers Orange pad that is leather faced with calf skin. The original orange actually looked pretty good on my BHE but it was obviously a little to new looking so I aged it with a little Maxwell House to give it more of a vintage look. It would help to have a before and after picture to reaaly see the difference the aging made but I do not have one. It was significant.