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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. Two Questions About Types Of Leather

    By Skald,
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  2. Anyone Tried Hermann Oak Dry Milled Veg Tan?

    By Andrew Chee,
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  3. Two Questions About These Leather Spats

    By earthling33,
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  4. Need Help Making Leather Eye Patch

    By AMartz,   
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  5. Curing scrap leather for lace

    By Pascal Olivier,
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  6. Draping leather over a pipe or wooden pole

    By Daviddm,   
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  7. How is this supposed to look?

    By 327fed,
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  8. Kid Safe Leather Choices

    By Aven,
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  9. What Kind Of Leather Is This?

    By SimonJester753,
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  10. Breast Collars, Headstalls, And Bronc Halters

    By bluehorse,
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  11. Best belt/gun belt leather an source

    By westwood1,   
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  12. Recommendations For Veg Tan Hides?

    By treq10,
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  13. Springfield Leather Upholstery Leather Question...

    By Hi Im Joe,
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  14. Where To Store Leather

    By ABC3,
    • 2 replies
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  15. Concern with oil-tanned

    By Rayban,
    • 2 replies
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  16. Pre-dyed leather

    By McJeep,
    • 2 replies
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  17. Kangaroo Questions

    By leatherj,
    • 0 replies
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  18. powder blue drum dyed Wickett Craig

    By Kodiak,
    • 5 replies
    • 1,583 views

  19. Poor quality leather?

    By ScottEnglish,
    • 5 replies
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  20. Cow Boy Boot Leather

    By jc3persons,
    • 1 reply
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  21. Lisaro

    By AddMan,
    • 5 replies
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  22. Chrome Tanned Leather

    By Hooper26,
    • 6 replies
    • 1,565 views

  23. Vegetable Oil Finish On Indian Leather - How To Remove / Seal

    By kieranw7261,
    • 1 reply
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  24. Leather thickness

    By seabee,
    • 12 replies
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  25. latigo

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