<HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY dir=ltr> <DIV dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV>I’m including an image of the original back check.  As you can see, the back check head quite large.  New ones (three different types shown) have a totally different physical dimension to the point that it’s beginning to look like it would be faster to simply recover the existing back check heads.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If I were to go that route  ........... and aside from getting the grain of the leather in the right direction  ............    is it critical to get the leather at a consistent tightness to get some reasonable checking effect??  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>A procedure involving a clothes pin has been suggested.  Comments??</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><IMG style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" title=P9111268a border=0 alt=P9111268a src="cid:F1ED7825A7BB485BB041B0D22BA573A0@LarryPC" width=644 height=484>  </DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>