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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. Buffalo Shoulders

    By Half Goat,   
    • 8 replies
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  2. What Is This On My Hide?

    By JohnBloch,
    • 8 replies
    • 1,631 views

  3. White Powder Crystals On Leather Surface

    By chevvy64,
    • 7 replies
    • 4,005 views

  4. What Leather For Falconry Gloves ?

    By dkvv,
    • 2 replies
    • 2,330 views

  5. Problem Cutting W&c Leather

    By JeffGC,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,136 views

  6. Chromium Tanned Leather Doesn't Take In Water?

    By jooleyen,
    • 5 replies
    • 2,279 views

  7. How To Clean Leather Jacket?

    By SimonJester753,
    • 3 replies
    • 2,241 views

  8. Uses For Pig Skin

    By Blackie,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,345 views

  9. Hermann Oak Grade A Or B?

    By Hombro,   
    • 5 replies
    • 4,539 views

  10. Leather Suggestion From Tandy

    By Azenrain,
    • 9 replies
    • 2,975 views

  11. What Is It Called?

    By Helsing,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,493 views

  12. Leather Types?

    By Cole,
    • 7 replies
    • 1,412 views

  13. Ok Now I Am Confused! Veg Tan Or Chromium Or Something Else?

    By chancey77,
    • 6 replies
    • 1,492 views

  14. Vegan Leather ?

    By Vianeth,
    • 4 replies
    • 1,231 views

  15. Knowing When Leather Is Leather?

    By dpixel8,
    • 7 replies
    • 1,887 views

  16. Branding Or Burning Latigo?

    By sangmort,
    • 13 replies
    • 4,137 views

  17. Wicket And Craig

    By toasty1435,
    • 22 replies
    • 6,666 views

  18. Accident-Neat Lac Instead Of Neat Foot

    By soaring eagle,
    • 6 replies
    • 1,291 views

  19. Leather Tannage Question

    By Rawhide,
    • 8 replies
    • 1,212 views

  20. Case / Box Leather

    By Glendon,
    • 1 reply
    • 960 views

  21. Best Veg-Tan If I Want To Hand-Dye But Not Tool?

    By Sister Stigmata,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,779 views

  22. Bridle Vs Harness Vs Latigo

    By temple gym,
    • 0 replies
    • 2,756 views

  23. Can I Carve/stamp Raw,thick,heavy Duty Leather

    By randyandbella,
    • 5 replies
    • 1,992 views

  24. Tandy Premium Dbl Shoulders

    By SooperJake,
    • 7 replies
    • 2,004 views

  25. Leather Supplier Similar To Horween?

    By David Lane,
    • 3 replies
    • 2,278 views
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