Has anyone tried a "leather" turntable mat?

I once knew this guy that got raw pigskin from the local slaughterhouse. He would make platter pads from it- his idea was that hands held instruments- why shouldn't skin hold the LP too?

His LPs got greasy, he had to keep the pad in a mayonnaise jar in the refrigerator until flesh-eating bacteria started eating it, finally when the people at the slaughterhouse found up what he was doing with all the pigskins they got weirded out and stopped selling to him.

Top that :)

^^^ The problem there is that he was using raw pigskin. Tanning is a messy business and he probably should have just bought some from Tandy Leather.

Actually the REAL problem is that the mayonnaise jar was not hermetically sealed and kept on Funk and Wagnell's porch for correct aging.

Not too long ago I saw a book bound in human skin being flogged on 'Pawn Stars'. Imagine putting your heart and soul into the music:)

Imagine putting your heart and soul into the music:)

... or having some skin in the game.