battlemunky

I think I'd do exactly like you are thinking. Grab a veg tan blank and glue the upholstery leather to the flesh side so they get a nice finish on the inside of the best too. I'm just curious as to how well the edge on the upholstery leather will do but it may not be too noticeable if it doesn't and that is also me assuming you won't be using edge paint which will make that a moot point. Pics along the way, yes?

DUDE! That is a great rig! It is amazing what we can pull off sometimes, especially on first swings at stuff. You done real good!

If it comes from an animal hide, it is a leather. If it is not leather, it is a fabric or other textile. End of story. There is no such thing as a vegan leather unless you count the fact that cows themselves are vegan, but there are a lot of other leathers than cow leather. I have been vegan. I am married to one (most of the time, sometimes she eats eggs/dairy). Not all vegans are militant. My wife realizes that leather is mostly a by product of the meat industry and most leathers aren't made specifically for the leather. Not every animal lover/protectionist/ethicist/vegan is like this. Some are rigid and some are far more relaxed. I read the article from the OP. Its similar to an advertiser IMO when someone drops in, makes a single post with a link in it and *poof* disappears. Liquid leather/nylon leather...Those are super not leather. It's like dehydrated water. It doesn't exist. @migdelysleather25, this is a "came off an animal" leather forum. Regardless of one's desire to carry or use non-animal products, that what this forum is. It's almost like trying to argue religion here. We WANT to work with leather and I think I can say on behalf of everyone on here that we aren't looking for alternatives to leather and we're pretty good at finding the textiles we need to compliment our products. If you want to learn more about "came off an animal" leather, welcome. If not, please don't try to troll. We all know there are non-leather options out there.

That looks great @koreric75!

Looks classy Sir! Well done!

Punching through like that, you kept things really steady to only get that small amount of waviness. Looks great!

I use water, gum trag, and then beeswax as a sealer. I guess resolene will do the job too.

I usually use the irons for perfect spacing and the awl to go through the many layers as well. Also, the irons get stuck because they aren't sharp/polished. There are some Youtube videos out there that show how to sharpen/polish them up and they'll glide through the leather.

I don't like knocking Tandy but they are a great example of being popular not making you the best. Your appraisal is pretty accurate. Hit or miss.

Sno-seal is a good product but if you will be abusing the leather like in the tests in that video, NOTHING will withstand that without retreatment and regular maintenance. You can also make your own version of Sno-seal with neatsfoot oil, beeswax, and some other things of your choosing, like pine tar, etc, that will hold up similarly. Remember that there are 100 year old saddles that are still around and have been used continuously with not much more than maintenance and a retreat now and again. Everyone wants this superhuman treatment stuff for leather but 99.9999999% of the world isn't robust enough to use the leather the way those old saddles were used. Much of it is hyperbole. There is nothing that you can treat leather with that will repel abuse aside from more new leather.

I'm with @Matt S. I have the Tandy interchangeable set. It works but I only use two or three of them and if I'd have spent the money on individual punches, I'd have 3 really good punches instead of a set of mediocre punches. I do want to second @bikermutt07 on Wuta. I have a Wuta diamond awl and will likely buy more based solely on that tool. It is really nice quality for the price. Those Wuta interchangeable punches look ok, the Tandy ones are pretty inconsistent and need work to sharpen with lots of tool marks and ridges to hang up on entry and exiting the leather. Regarding rotary punches, I won't be spending money on those anymore. I've had two, one out of ignorance and the second to prove the first wasn't a fluke. They were Tandy tools. There may be better but I'm fine with drive punches.

Awesome!

Super cool. Way to resurrect a classic design like that!

From FL originally but not there currently. Welcome to the forum! Tons of good info and helpful folks here.

Looks great and I love the white thread even!

lol, I usually use the dining room table

Good to know and thanks for the effort!

I do my skiving with the knife in the video @JazzBass posted. I've heard that the bench skivers can be a bit finicky, not that skiving isn't finicky in general. That curve razor on a stick is a piece of garbage, I stopped using mine due to never being able to do any consistent skiving with it.

Looks great!

Masterful my friend! Super pretty work.

Thanks for the diligence!

Really nice looking work. I wish you luck in finding something.

Looks great! What'd you use for the other leather and do you have pics of that and the interior?

Merry......Axemas! That is really awesome work!

I think your understanding may be correct, at least that is how I took it as well but I think if you are sewing away from you, you reverse it all.