Byoung Report post Posted July 15, 2007 What would be your thoughts on the two leathers, good and bad when used for tool bags? I have several people who want me to make them some but I want to choose the best leather for the job. The two leathers I have to work with are what I can easley get. Thanks Bert Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
esantoro Report post Posted July 15, 2007 What would be your thoughts on the two leathers, good and bad when used for tool bags? I have several people who want me to make them some but I want to choose the best leather for the job. The two leathers I have to work with are what I can easley get. Thanks Bert Bert, i would also like to devote more of my stock to latigo and oil tanned, but don't yet have a consistent source. What are some good places for these? My two main sources are Siegels of California and The Leather Guy of Minnesota. I like latigo over the oil tanned. I also like veg tan over the oil tanned, but I'm beginning to see that many customers prefer softer leathers, which are also less expensive. For tool bags, i would worry that the oil tanned, which is oil infused chrome tanned, might damage the metal on some tools because of the salts used in the tanning process. I can't imagine , for example, a gun case made of chromed leather. I'm not aware of such a problem with latigo. There are many more people in this forum who know better than I about all this. Ed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
