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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. best way to seal wet molded leather

    By stampingdelight,
    • 9 replies
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  2. Leather for holsters, knife and tool rolls

    By Northmount,   
    • 4 replies
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  3. Where To Get Good Quality Pigskin?

    By Brigg,   
    • 1 reply
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  4. better to air dye wet molded leather or other

    By stampingdelight,
    • 3 replies
    • 910 views

  5. Storing leather

    By 327fed,
    • 0 replies
    • 575 views

  6. Crazy horse leather for wallets and portfolios as well as bags?

    By Whit30,
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  7. Where to find blemished leather sides

    By TBigLug,
    • 8 replies
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  8. French Butt or very nice belt leather

    By Bluzoom,   
    • 4 replies
    • 1,237 views

  9. Shallow pockets

    By mh168,   
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  10. dye is rubbing off oil tanned tote bag

    By Roz0323,   
    • 6 replies
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  11. What's "glove Tanned Cowhide" ?

    By CustomDoug,
    • 18 replies
    • 43,494 views

  12. Reishi mycelium ‘leather’

    By Retswerb,
    • 4 replies
    • 1,161 views

  13. Tandy "Amerind" Saddle Skirting Color

    By Arturomex,
    • 2 replies
    • 899 views

  14. Qualities of suede leather (such a thing as bonded?)

    By JC2019,
    • 1 reply
    • 805 views

  15. Dye fail to dye win?

    By AmyK,
    • 18 replies
    • 2,358 views

  16. Green jell like mold on leather getting rid of it!

    By mantaleather,   
    • 4 replies
    • 981 views

  17. Properties of dyed vs undyed vegtan?

    By LeatherLyfe,
    • 0 replies
    • 742 views

  18. Distressed Bison side, does this look right?

    By undead,
    • 4 replies
    • 1,291 views

  19. Leather bible

    By DanishMan,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,273 views

  20. What to finish glazed leather with - maybe nothing?

    By Spyros,
    • 4 replies
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  21. How do you preserve leather?? Any good conditioners available? This is maddening!

    By typepatrick,
    • 16 replies
    • 2,305 views

  22. Litchi stripe genuine leather

    By Watchstrapman,   
    • 4 replies
    • 613 views

  23. Identifying Goat Leather

    By andrewsejlv,
    • 2 replies
    • 1,052 views

  24. Best belt/gun belt leather an source

    By westwood1,   
    • 9 replies
    • 1,548 views

  25. What kind of leather this is ?

    By MZKingAndQueen,   
    • 3 replies
    • 1,018 views
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