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I bought a nice double shoulder at Tandy and I missed the butcher cuts on the backside and couldn't use half of it for belts.
A butcher's cut is when the butcher slipped while skinning the cattle and is just one thing you look for on the flesh side.
Another thing to look for is when the flesh side isn't very tight. The cause of this is drum veg tan, it's rolled in drums and loosens the fiber's tightness and it causes problems like when you sand the edges it get hairier instead of smoother, not to mention hairy leather too. I avoid them and won't buy them. I've also received real good looking leather that was so dry I had to dampen it to cut it.
IN OTHER WORDS, CHEAP LEATHER USUALLY ISN'T WORTH THE TROUBLE.
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