Frank,
I haven't seen a rawhide lacing in YEARS. Talk about bringing up memories from rural Appalachia and antique farm machinery still being used daily.
All I've seen in the past 20 years are clipper laced w/ plastic coated pin OR bolt on/thru belt w/ metal pin.
Ahhhh, the good ole days of a buck saw, silage blower, thresher, etc.