Both these place will do that for you:

http://www.sterntanning.com/percussion.htm

http://www.rebeats.com/calf_heads.html

Thank you tbone

From a 1964 book called Drums and Drumming Today:

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr14/Longfuse123/Lapping.jpg

Not sure if it's of any help. Only got the book yesterday and there's some cool stuff in it.

Oh, and don't forget: "any of the modern Formica top tables are ideal".

I love old books...

http://www.drumfactorydirect.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=14_92_102_161

Just happened across this as a source for all you calf skin fans. Looks like the price is right!

THAT IS PRETTY COOL!

I like the looks of that home-made tucking tool.

I've only ever tucked my Valje and Toad conga heads. I would like to tuck a kit drum head sometime in the future though. I bought a dvd and book on how to do that recently on ReBeats - it's still in the mail.

Good post re: your tucking.......thanks ..fun stuffD' Drummer

Thanks! I liked the little quote in there "I enjoyed the part when the drummer went mad." Good one!

This rare video shows you how they did it at Ludwig in the 60's

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vt7Nh3nWjo[/ame]

David

Cool vid.

The tool they're using to tuck the heads reminds me of a Hyde putty knife (see attached pic). Those putty knives have been around for ever, all the pros use them, and I wonder if Ludwig ground them down to make tucking tools.

I'll be phoning Matt at drumfactorydirect.com next week to give his heads another try.

I know of few things that have been blown out of proportion to the degree that tucking drum heads has. I have trouble opening the tall white garbage bags that we use in our kitchen... that's way harder than tucking a drum head.

I tucked my rack and floor toms (batter & reso) and snare batter head with calf hide heads and bought un-glued wood flesh hoops and custom fitted the hoops to the drums. I made myself a tucking tool out of an ordinary teaspoon and it worked fine. Although for metal hoops a tucking tool like the one posted above would work better. You have to get more of a wrap on the metal hoop because the hide does not stick like it does to a wood flesh hoop.