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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.

682 topics in this forum

  1. Goatskin/springbokskin As A Cushion

    By Oakley,
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  2. Making Rawhide

    By Longwinter,
    • 1 reply
    • 1,393 views

  3. Tandy"s Single Bends

    By Ferg,
    • 2 replies
    • 2,136 views

  4. Use Of Latigo..

    By Norwegian,
    • 2 replies
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  5. Shell Cordovan

    By Ferg,
    • 1 reply
    • 3,229 views

  6. Oil Tanned Or Latigo?

    By BAD HIDE,
    • 1 reply
    • 5,007 views

  7. Seriously? Can This Leather Even Be Used?

    By ShortBBL,
    • 12 replies
    • 3,030 views

  8. Sealing Drum Dyed Bridle Leather

    By Kustom,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,896 views

  9. Leather Rating?

    By jc3persons,
    • 3 replies
    • 2,980 views

  10. Two Questions About Types Of Leather

    By Skald,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,621 views

  11. Buying Pre-Dyed Leather

    By TammyJam,
    • 1 reply
    • 3,099 views

  12. Latigo Recipe

    By KT Good,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,849 views

  13. Has anyohne ever seen Pigskin

    By RVM45,
    • 7 replies
    • 3,056 views

  14. Leather For Stamping

    By SimonJester753,
    • 2 replies
    • 2,020 views

  15. Cow Boy Boot Leather

    By jc3persons,
    • 1 reply
    • 1,564 views

  16. A Skirting Story

    By StevenSiegel,
    • 2 replies
    • 2,150 views

  17. What Kind Of Leather Is This?

    By SimonJester753,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,609 views

  18. American Heritage Leather Source?

    By rmr,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,319 views

  19. Horse Hide

    By Ferg,
    • 3 replies
    • 5,747 views

  20. Which Way Is With Grain When Cutting...

    By jc3persons,
    • 4 replies
    • 4,223 views

  21. Hermann Oak Leather

    By THein,
    • 4 replies
    • 2,572 views

  22. Heavy Leather

    By edgemoor,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,998 views

  23. Natural Fatted Leather

    By DaveJohnson,
    • 3 replies
    • 1,462 views

  24. Wickett&craig Leather Grades.

    By billymac814,
    • 13 replies
    • 3,535 views

  25. Belts From Dressing Hide

    By ukfossil,
    • 3 replies
    • 2,021 views
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