Horween Article

[Horween Article]

I have been researching Horween leather and stumbled on an article about a Factory tour.

http://www.gentlemansgazette.com/horween-leather-company-chicago/

Been researching Chromexel as I bought some and wasn't sure what I had. I have some black Essix, two Cavaliers, horse strips and one I can't ID as I can't find the receipt for it.

There are numerous versions of CXL each with different properties and uses. Horween has a great website with tons of stuff

This is their full tanning list showing properties

http://horween.com/leathers/full-tannage-list/

Cool stuff, love to do a factory tour one day

[Landis 3 For Sale (Not Mine)]

It's not that far of a drive for me......hmm

Thanks for the post

[How I Make A Belt.]

Great stuff

It must have been a ton if work to film all that.

You are going to inspire others to take up leatherwork with this vid

[Help Ordering From Horween]

I would say Springfield is the way to go, those guys are great

[I Need More Of This Type Of Leather But Have No Clue What It Is. :(]

Ya it looks like chrome tanned leather. Could be cow, goat whatever... soft and flexible.

I am sure you can find something similar if you go to a Tandy store or give Springfield Leather a phone call..they will help you out.

Good luck

[I Need More Of This Type Of Leather But Have No Clue What It Is. :(]

It's always tough to find the exact leather again as skins vary amongst each other

You are getting overcharged IMHO for that leather unless it is an exotic skin

I can get USA made Horween Chromexel , arguably one of the nicest leathers to work with, for $8-$9 sq ft all the way up in Canada

[A Potentially Strange Question]

I would get the scrap packs from Springfield

They are great for practice work

[Printed Leather. Cellular Biological Printing Ted Talk]

Interesting

Still a little Star Trekkie for me....like the replicator that creates food from nothing.

What are the raw materials and energy sources for the culturing process ?

I call BS that the factories would be open and educational; that is a little too utopian for me to believe.

Still, an interesting idea, but to me comes off a little like an infomercial.... I have this company and we are making this thing that will change the world (and make me stinking rich )

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I am a big fan of your work and these are as nice as usual.

I like how you turned the corners with the stitching pattern on the bottom edges, following the turn of the leather.... Gonna try that rather than a 90 degree turns

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I have a fingerprint of stray glue I am going to try that on

Thanks!

[Parasites In Leather]

I will try to remember to stay on your good side!

I thought your post was going to be about bugs eating your leather .....it was, just a different kind of buggers.

[Hello From Canada]

Welcome from the West Coast, keep posting away!!

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Thanks Jax,I appreciate the info

[Fo Baird Leather Secrets On Sale]

Ahhhhh that is what I wanted to hear.

I have most of the Stohlman books you list, which I find really dated in style but good for techniques.

It sounds like I need to visit the store and have a look through the book before deciding if its for me

Thanks

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Thanks veedub

I am gonna ponder it a bit. Bit too busy and lazy to travel to the store, so would be doing online order.

[Fo Baird Leather Secrets On Sale]

My September Tandy flyer says

Retail $314.99

Sale $259.99

Gold $239.99

Elite $179.99

My membership is due, so would be renewing it anyways.

Is it worth having? I can't find anything that shows it's contents

[Fo Baird Leather Secrets On Sale]

FO Baird Leather Secrets is on sale at Tandy for

$179 for elite members.

I know this is a reprint and not the original, but is it worth it at that price?

I am really tempted, a copy on E Bay is over $225.

[My Edge Works]

Thanks for posting that, I will do it more now

So simple: sand and paint, sand and paint...

That is how those edges look so smooth

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Good for you Adam, those are very handsome bags

[A Purse]

Really well done

Great execution of your design

Love it!

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Love it , something to aspire to.

Wanted to re-do my Mustang's fake plastic interior in leather, but family grew and the car didn't

[A "coach" Bag]

I think all of us have been fooled by pleather at one time or another

[My New Maker's Stamp]

Nice and clean, very classy

[A "coach" Bag]

Had a lady in my office with an attractive black and tan satchel bag.

The girls were talking about how nice the bag was, mostly b/c of the label attached to it. I could

see it was clearly not a leather bag so was babbling about how people get fooled by the name brands and

that seems more important than real materials, craftsmanship and quality.

I had a good close look and said it was a really nice bag...and kept my mouth shut

that every inch of it was vinyl. This is ok if she knows what she is buying, but I think a lot of consumers get suckered in

and fall for the marketing and branding. The counterfeit market is huge with ladies bags as well. It reminded me of this video I saw on leatherworkers. I could feel that false grain that the vinyl had from the paper backing.

[How Would One Do This? (Money Clip/wallet)]

Will the magnet not wipe the credit card strip being this close together?

yes it will!!!

I got a hard time for pointing that out in another thread but it can