Split leather is leather created from the fibrous part of the hide left once the top-grain of the rawhide has been separated from the hide. During the splitting operation, the top-grain and drop split are separated. The drop split can be further split (thickness allowing) into a middle split and a flesh split.
Excruciating pain. It all depends where the bullet enters. A person shot in the brain will likely perceive no pain as the trauma usually renders them immediately unconscious. A bullet entering a limb such as a leg is initially perceived as a hot sting. Within 20 minutes a throbbing, pulsating pain is experienced.
My grandpa says it feels like flying through space. The trigger is coughingâjust coughing, reallyâand then thereâs this scattered look in his eyes. He canât feel his body, he says (describing it after), and he feels like heâs floating through the clouds. âI donât think Iâm dying,â he says. And itâs almost a joke. Almost a joke, like the way he casually responds âcancerâ when I ask what the new bandage is for (emergency surgery removed two malignant growths yesterday). Almost a joke, like the way he says, âI wonder if youâll be here when I die.