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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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  2. Shell Cordovan Comparison

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  3. Want best source/price for English Bridle Leather backs

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  4. Tallow Wax

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  5. How Do I Remove Wrinkles From Leather?

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  6. Side Vs Butt Vs Shoulder Vs Bridle Vs Harness--Which To Use

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  7. Buffalo ( Bison) Leather

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  8. Pull-Up Leather?

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  9. selling skiver/pliver?

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  10. What is "redhide"?

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  11. Wicket And Craig

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  12. deer skin chaps?

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  13. Inkjet Print Direct To Leather

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  14. What is skirting leather?

    By esantoro,
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  15. Skinning and egg tanning squirrel/rabbit

    By skoronesa,
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  16. Which direction does leather stretch

    By BradB,
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  17. Still Confused About Dye Bleeding.

    By DavidL,
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  18. Carnauba Cream To Waterproof My Expensive Boots

    By Dozen,   
    • 16 replies
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  19. bridle, harness, latigo: what's the difference?

    By Rannoch,
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  20. Leather Tannery In Kentucky

    By K-Man,
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  21. Stone Oil Leather Care.

    By Austyn,
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  22. Veg Tan Toxic

    By nopension,
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  23. Horse Hide

    By Ferg,
    • 3 replies
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  24. what is "latigo"?

    By esantoro,
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  25. How do you store veg tanned leather?

    By Crystal,
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