Well, a little, but then you have to figure how many blanks you might get out of one skin, and whether you want to do the work of fitting and seaming. Pretty spiffy stuff, tho.
Doug
I know that I had picked up a couple of dyed snakeskins on ebay and when I cast them, the dys seemed to run and couldn't see any of the scales at all it was pretty much a wasted effort, good luck Howard