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All About Leather

Latigo & Harness Leathers are treated with waxes and oils to resist water and limit stretching. Garment leather is not just from cows, it includes deerskin, pigskin, goatskin, sheepskin, suede/splits, and other lightweight leathers. Upholstery leather is heavier weight and may require a commercial machine. Rawhide is not tanned, and has excellent properties for forming. It is not the leather your shoelaces are made from. Vegetable tanned leather is the only type of leather that will absorb water enough to stamp or carve.

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  1. Best Quality Light Weight Veg Tan?

    By Josh33806,
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  2. Leather For Vests And Clothing

    By BikerMike,
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  3. How Does Wicket & Craig Tooling Compare To Hermann Oak Tooling?

    By JanC,
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  4. Help with a leather term

    By JoelR,
    • 4 replies
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  5. Knowing When Leather Is Leather?

    By dpixel8,
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  6. skirting or carving leather...

    By Timd,
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  7. Tanning Deerhide?

    By captezdough,
    • 3 replies
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  8. Ordering leather online..

    By BJP,
    • 6 replies
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  9. Burnishing multiple leather edges

    By Leescustomleather,   
    • 9 replies
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  10. I'd like to experiment with shark and elephant

    By BruceGibson,
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  11. I'm A Newbie...need Help Identifying Leather Type.

    By ValleyEquine,
    • 5 replies
    • 1,871 views

  12. Full Grain, Top Grain, And That Other Stuff - How Do You Identify What Is What?

    By KandB,
    • 4 replies
    • 1,859 views

  13. Best Place To Buy Skirting Leather

    By Chaed,
    • 1 reply
    • 1,857 views

  14. Latigo Recipe

    By KT Good,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,854 views

  15. Leather Tarnishing Metal

    By Yankee Doodle,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,844 views

  16. what is nubuck leather ?

    By wayner123,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,839 views

  17. What Type Of Leather Is This?

    By Seventh,
    • 4 replies
    • 1,822 views

  18. Found a Video Worth Sharing

    By megganpowell,
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    • 1,822 views

  19. Looking For The Best Leather For An Apron (To Be Used In A Foundry)

    By Leela Valley Leather,   
    • 1 reply
    • 1,812 views

  20. Quick question about leather

    By mliebs8,
    • 2 replies
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  21. Leather Thickness?

    By TheShiek2008,
    • 5 replies
    • 1,806 views

  22. Tooling Leather

    By DomsLeather,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,797 views

  23. Need help with buying leather to make horse gear

    By wyldflower,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,792 views

  24. Sides or backs for strap goods?

    By RunningRoan,
    • 4 replies
    • 1,787 views

  25. Needing Some Advice Picking Leather

    By Vikti,
    • 8 replies
    • 1,787 views
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