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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. deer skin chaps?

    By horsinaround930,
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  2. Heat Proofing Leather?

    By RockGypsy7,
    • 6 replies
    • 1,548 views

  3. Card Holders, Wallets... Which Parts Of Hide To Buy?

    By everythingslower,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,734 views

  4. Trying To Find Some Lining Leather

    By dfivdayz,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,430 views

  5. Where To Buy Ride Hide In The States

    By jmann8686,
    • 0 replies
    • 840 views

  6. Best Place To Buy Skirting Leather

    By Chaed,
    • 1 reply
    • 1,851 views

  7. Moss/pasted Flesh, Sanded/buffed Flesh?

    By Matt Alsaker,
    • 2 replies
    • 5,019 views

  8. Double Sided Leather

    By fluffchucker,
    • 2 replies
    • 4,377 views

  9. Tooling Vs Belting Vs Harness Etc

    By fluffchucker,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,388 views

  10. Oil Tanned Leather

    By Dwing8,
    • 1 reply
    • 2,736 views

  11. Wickett And Craig Vs. Hermann Oak

    By colbyj,
    • 20 replies
    • 9,997 views

  12. Hair On Hides

    By Dallas Cowboy,
    • 2 replies
    • 958 views

  13. Upholstery Leather, What To Do With It?

    By Nick69,
    • 6 replies
    • 1,731 views

  14. Softening Leather?

    By sharpshooter81,
    • 6 replies
    • 36,651 views

  15. Your Best Leather Care

    By wil033,
    • 3 replies
    • 2,650 views

  16. Removing Or Minimizing Scuff Or "bruise"

    By SimonJester753,
    • 13 replies
    • 5,029 views

  17. Distress Brown Leather Information

    By ant,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,069 views

  18. I bit on the 1.99/ft pigskin at Tandy

    By JoelR,
    • 5 replies
    • 2,602 views

  19. What Do I Have Here? 2 Hides

    By Bluesman,
    • 7 replies
    • 1,639 views

  20. What Type Of Leather Is It?

    By Butch,
    • 0 replies
    • 814 views

  21. Automotive Leather

    By wil033,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,063 views

  22. Kangaroo Questions

    By leatherj,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,582 views

  23. Wickett &craig Harness Leather Scratches

    By Andrew Chee,
    • 2 replies
    • 2,130 views

  24. Mule Hide/pearl Split

    By chapper,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,230 views

  25. Horsehide Gone Bad

    By George B,
    • 7 replies
    • 2,308 views
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