Teradee

Hi everyone! I recently acquired a ton of leather samples and swatches...As always, it came with a story. Apparently the gentleman who had these passed away. His daughter said he was either a leather supplier, or leather buyer for Allen Edmonds (I live in SE WI down the road from their headquarters). His basement was full of boxes of this stuff. Here are my questions: I assume almost all of this stuff is chrome tanned, but I took tons of pics so if you have thoughts, let me know. Does anyone recognize the suppliers or tannery? Is the (what I assume is mold) easy to clean off and good as new?? Is this stuff easy to work with, and what would be some items you suggest making with this sort of leather? Anything else I should know about this type of thing? I think these things are really cool, and they'd be easy to practice on....but I also wanna make some cool stuff from it if I could! Also, I'd love info or history or stories about things like this. I assume these came from the 70s or 80s? a few pics below...and a link to many more here-----> Ok, enough for now but weigh in if you'd like!