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Yikes! a hole in my new slunk calf!

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Hole in the head

I've been waiting for some nice American White and a slunk calfhide head for about a month now & they finally got here this week.

I tucked the calfhide slunk on the snare and everything went great.

But, upon inspection I noticed small hole in the head.

No biggie though.....I'll just get another - but I'm puzzelled to how it got there. I did not have any sharp instruments near the hide while tucking. My tucking instrument is a dull spoon handle and I would have no reason to be anywhere near the cut with my spoon or anything else.

Has anyone here received a calfhide head with a similar hole?

Can a hole like this be done in the preperation process at the factory?

Posted on 13 years ago
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Bummer, man.....

Maybe a pinhole that stretched out to that size?

Better you noticed it now, I guess.....

Will they rebate?

Kev

Kevin
Posted on 13 years ago
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Yes - good thing I noticed it right away.

I don't know about a refund - I'm hoping.

I sent an email off & hope to get a reply today sometime. I buy lots of drum heads and supplies there and all my heads so far have been great.

From kevins

Bummer, man.....Maybe a pinhole that stretched out to that size?Better you noticed it now, I guess.....Will they rebate?Kev

Posted on 13 years ago
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I would agree with kevins. It probably was small enough to not notice till stretched. And those slunk heads are pretty thin. Good luck!

Cheers,BigE

Posted on 13 years ago
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Who's the source for slunk?

Posted on 13 years ago
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You may be able to fix that with superglue Cyanoacrylate although the supplier may want you to send the faulty one back so they can check it. Superglue repairs on animal skin heads can last for a few years. But you might want to experiment. Be careful not to glue your fingers to the head since in works on human skin just as well.

Posted on 13 years ago
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I got an email from Jeff at SternTanning...where I bought the Slunk (and where I buy most of my American White calfhides). He be able to make some Slunk heads close to the end of the month & will replace it.

He said he may have missed "the bad spot and it opened up when handling or drying." It would be hard to see when it was dry that's for sure.

This is his website:

http://www.sterntanning.com/

This drum - 1938 Cartlon 14" tom in WMP has Stern Tanning heads on it - both American White Calfhide. I tucked the batter on a custom fitted wood flesh-hoop today (it's still drying here) & tacked the reso head a month or so ago.

Posted on 13 years ago
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Now that's good service!

Glad to hear that...... although you will have to wait for one,

it sounds like he is interested in keeping his customers satisfied.

Kevin
Posted on 13 years ago
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That hole was probably caused by barbed wire. Did Y'all know that the main difference between domestic leather and connley leather(european) is, they dont have barbed wire in Europe, thus less scratches and holes in the hides. Domestic leather is usually much cheaper. FYI

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Posted on 13 years ago
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From poppy79424

That hole was probably caused by barbed wire. Did Y'all know that the main difference between domestic leather and connley leather(european) is, they dont have barbed wire in Europe, thus less scratches and holes in the hides. Domestic leather is usually much cheaper. FYI

Ha ha. Barbed wire is unlikely if it really is slunk.

Slunk skins were tanned from unborn calfskins which, gruesome as it sounds, were often by products of the cow slaughtering process. — The Making of a Drum Company, ed. Rob Cook (Hal Leonard 2001, p.53)

from http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/slunk

Interestingly, I note that it is increasingly difficult to find this definition of slunk on the web dictionaries. Now it is just the past participle of slink in some online dictionaries. Young people today... FYI

Posted on 13 years ago
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