CoyoteSunCreations

Same issue here

Thanks for the advice!

Yeah, I don't mind it getting darker as I plan on dying the pieces anyways.

I wasn't able to find the Leder Leather Stateside so I ordered some neatsfoot. The pieces I have are all very random but all in the 9-10oz zone. The guy who sold them to me used the leather to make bird toys, so they aren't the prettiest cuts. I want to use them to make earrings and bracelets. I have a desktop splitter that looks like this. I'm getting a bit better at using it. I noticed the leather does get more flexible when I can split it. I've attached a picture of the splitter. I was having some issues at first but realized I needed to flip it over to take off just a little at a time of the underside.

I have a few tubs of old tooling leather that's about 9oz. I'm brand new to leather so I'm not entirely sure if this leather is usable but my gut says yes. It's all pretty rigid and not very flexible but there is some flex. Is there a way I can oil the leather to make it more flexible? I need to split it for my projects down to about 5oz and I feel like because it's so dry, I can't split it properly. On the other hand, it could very well be that the cut of each piece is making for the rigidity as not all pieces are the same. Some are much softer and flexible. I've included a video so you can see a sample of the pieces. https://www.youtube.com/embed/lL7M8OCRfYE