LACY'S LEADS

Many have asked "Why Kangaroo for leads?".  My standard answer... "It's one of the strongest leathers in the world." 

Here is some information on Kangaroo and its important points. 

Kangaroo Leather is widely accepted as being one of the strongest lightweight leathers available.  However, the reasons for this incredible strength are not widely appreciated.

When split into thinner substances, kangaroo retains considerably more of the original tensile strength than does calf.  When split to 20% of the original thickness kangaroo retains between 30 - 60% of the tensile strength of the unsplit hide.  Calf retains only 1 - 4% of the original strength.

Kangaroo has been shown to have a highly uniform orientation of fiber bundles in parallel with the skin surface.  It does not contain sweat glands or erector pili.  Muscle and elastin is evenly distributed throughout the skin thickness.  This structural uniformity explains both the greater tensile strength of the whole leather and the greater retention of strength in splits.

***Taken from an article in News Journal of the Australian Kangaroo Industry.***