So I got two calf skins from the folk music center in claremont (heads up).
But my mistake was a moment of stupidity. I was comparing skins and just for curiosity I started picking at the broken top skin too see how hard it was gonna be to pull. Surprisingly the edge I messed with peeled off easily. The back is also broken but not as bad and while I was planning to reskin it eventually…I wasnt going to… well I didnt stop at just testing. I kept peeling the top off with ease til I got to a second corner… pop. I didnt have the rope holding the dou together…why would I, I wasnt planning on pulling it.
I will now be doing both top and bottom skins…yeah im an idiot.