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Hi friends, I was wondering......which is stronger-----a single ply of leather, or two layers of leather laminated together (assume that in either case they both add up to the same weight/thickness)... Thank you in advance for sharing!!

WOW....that is a professional looking setup....blows my little shop away lol

Yes, definitely...I need to get a better mask than the one I'm using now....thank you! Thank you, a better mask is next on the list!! LOL!! Well, apparently dust can be just as toxic as the other things lol... LOL!! Thank you, yes, I need a better mask...fumes give me headaches as well Haha, thanks for sharing Bruce I will take those things to heart!! Good idea.....what kind of sander are you using? belt sander? Thank you Smith!

Hey friends, I was just reading some literature about how leather dust is a carcinogen, so I'm thinking how do I still continue to do what I love safely? Is anyone out there or has anyone out there taken steps to limit their exposure? If so, what do you do? Thanks:)

Hey everybody I noticed that when I dye leather with the tandy waterstain, after it has dried and I buff it, it really lightens up on areas where it's bent.....any suggestions on how to prevent this from happening? Thank you in advance for any advice you can share!!

Hey everybody I noticed that when I dye leather with the tandy waterstain, after it has dried and I buff it, it really lightens up on areas where it's bent.....any suggestions on how to prevent this from happening? Thank you in advance for any advice you can share!!

Yes, I do say that, and what I said is the truth about my experience with the waterstains. lol. If you're having problems with streaking, the streaks had to have happened during the time you applied the dye because after the waterstain is dry, it is not coming off......either that, or the streaks are coming from your application of the resolene finish....not the waterstain

honestly if you want to solve your problems with resolene on black-dyed leather, ditch the fiebings black and get a bottle of the waterstain black.....this stuff is amazing and once it is dried, you can actually run the leather under water and scrub it and the black will not pull up or come out... when you go to finish with the resolene on something dyed with the black waterstain, it will NOT pull up the black....I honestly think the problem is the dye you're using. with that being said, resolene does tend to pull up most dyes that I have used.....but I'm telling you, the waterstain stuff is THE CURE.... this stuff right here: https://www.tandyleather.com/en/product/eco-flo-waterstain

Still need help. It's not clear to me what people who make those beautiful horse hair and leather hatbands are doing, eg, how they are attaching the horsehair tassels to the leather....thanks for asking

Thank you for sharing.....I really want to learn how to hitch horsehair to make hatbands.....I am confident that I could learn how to do the pineapple or turks head knots, but I am still vague as to exactly how these people making horsehair hatbands finish off the hatbands

Hi friends, I am wondering how the ends on horse hair hatbands are finished off?? (please see circled areas of photos below) Is it just a pineapple/turk's head knot tightened over the loose ends of the horse hair, and the remaining horsehair is left unbraided? If anyone can share how this is done I would really appreciate it!! Thank you

I thought about doing that too....just wasn't sure if the two pieces needed securing w the glue or not

Brian, no, the purpose is to split off the leather on top (.8mm) of the horween and leave the cemented behind...the purpose of cementing the horween to the thicker piece of leather is just to hold it in pace while a very thin top layer is being split off

I'm not trying to take off less than .3mm.....my splitter easily splits off .25mm if I have to.....I am only splitting down to .75-.8mm.... And yes, I've tried sanding.....if the takes forever and you'll get all kinds of stretching and burning going on once you get down to <1mm... :/ I was really hoping just to get moreinput in the method I described than alternative methods.....thank you

I am familiar with maverick. They sell mostly horween seconds....and I'm wanting the Dublin or essex and not the chromexcel.......thank you for the input though!!

To answer your question, it's because horween is not available in thicknesses of more than 4/5oz not in wallet sized pieces, anyway, (which is still too thin to split reliably with the splitter I have)...

Hey friends, I love making wallets and recently I have been wanting to make some horween wallets....as you know the stuff is beautiful....but when it comes to interiors, 2/3oz is usually the thinnest you can find it......I want to get it down to .75mm-.8mm.....trouble is, the Landis splitter I have can split thick stuff to that thin, but it can't take 2/3oz and split it at all.....so I had this idea (probably not original) but I wanted to run it by yall and see what you nthink..... Take the thin leather, in this instance, 2/3oz horween, and contact cement it to another thicker piece of leather to form a combined thickness (say, 10/12oz) that the splitter can easily feed through...... I haven't tried it yet, but barring a dull splitter blade or poor adhesion with the contact cement, I believe this will work!! Maybe I'm completely out of my mind but I'd love to get some feedback on this idea..what do you guys think?

Hey friends, Anyone out there have any PB McMillen edgers? I am looking for size #2 and #3 edgers specifically. Thank you!

Thank you, yes, I've done business w/SLC and have been very happy :D

Does anybody have a Landis Model 30 leather splitter for sale? Thanks

Thank you Rocky, I really need to get a splitter of my own, I think Thanks again for your help!!

Hey friends, I make wallets and loveusing vegtan cowhide but the problem is that I have not been able to find it as thin as I like....preferably .8mm or thinner to reduce bulk.... Does anybody know of any leather splitter on the market that will get leather down to .8mm or thinner? Thank you!!

Hey friends, I make wallets and loveusing vegtan cowhide but the problem is that I have not been able to find it as thin as I like....preferably .8mm or thinner to reduce bulk.... Does anybody know of any leather splitter on the market that will get leather down to .8mm or thinner? Thank you!!

Looks great! Did you use a pricking iron, stitching chisel, or traditional awl? How many stitches per inch?

Thanks Twin!!