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Hi everyone, I’m making a custom Lambskin jacket and I’d like to paint on it and have it last a long time. Any recommendations on technique and paint? Thanks!

Hi everyone, This Is my first post here on the site, but I've used it for awhile now. When it comes to lining leather, whether it's pig skin, lamb skin, etc., how is it that I burnish the edges without the lining mushrooming or crumpling when I go to bevel? I've read that you should cut the lining smaller than the leather piece it'll be attached to... but I've also read that to get a full contact with lining to glue it down to the leather, than cut down to the needed size. So, I'm not too sure. Any advice helps. Thanks

I use a Cobra class 4 for sewing leather, but occasionally I need to sew a couple of layers of lambskin or deerskin. The Cobra doesn't like that thin a material. Can anyone suggest a sewing machine that is best for that thin a material? Should I be looking for a walking foot or not?

I am attempting to dye this yellow lambskin bag brown. I have dyed deer and cow hide leather in the past with no problems and figured changing the color of the bag would be easy enough. However, after attempting to dye the front of this bag I realized I was very wrong So I figured I should seek some guidance before continuing any further. Here is what I have done so far: The bag came with a small leather patch so I tested out my methods on this first. It worked quite well. I coated the patch in some Tarrago leather preparer and then used a wool dauber to apply a single coat of Fiebing’s alcohol based leather dye. [Dyed swatch left, undyed right] The leather test swatch’s results were to my satisfaction so I proceeded to coat the bag in the preparer and then applied a single coat of Fiebing’s alcohol based leather dye to the front. Unfortunately, the front of the bag turned out nothing like the test swatch.The sealer on the bag appeared to still be intact and most of the dye sat pathetically on the surface while the remainder, that had soaked in, turned the leather a uneven dirty orange. [The bag doesn't look half bad in this photo but I assure you in real life its terrible. I put the test swatch off to the left side for comparison.] I let the bag dry and then coated the leather with acetone to try to remove all existing sealer from the surface. I didn’t have any deglazer on hand but heard acetone is good for tough jobs anyways. I don’t know if that was a mistake but after a few coats all of the existing sealer appears to be removed and the bag is almost completely matte in color. The bag came with a leather encased mirror and a strap so I applied acetone to those as well. I decided to dye the mirror first, as I never use it, before again attempting to dye the body of the bag. I wet the leather and applied one coat of dye with a wool dauber. I think the dye took better to the leather on mirror after treating in acetone. I want to now precede to the strap and bag but am I afraid since the front turned out so badly the first time around. What do you guys think? Should I proceed with this method or is there anything else you would recommend I do before attempting to dye the body of the bag?

Anyone know where I can find some of this? I did find it at a tourist trap here in Anchorage for $1500. That was much more than I wanted to pay, plus it had already been crafted into an item. I am looking for a hide I can craft into my own creation. I don't expect it to be cheap, but less than many people's monthly income. I added a pic so hopefully it showed up. I'm new to posting. CyLee PS Thanks in advance for thinking on this, keeping an eye out for some for me, and any leads if you have any. I love this group of fantastic people!

I got this leather on sale at Tandy a while back, because I loved the colour and the softness of it. Had no idea what I would do with it, but found a purse at Value Village with these handles so went from there. I used the old purse for a pattern but made it a little deeper and reinforced the bottom but had some huge issues when it came to attaching the handles. I still sometimes think of the leather as a fabric and expect it to do things it can't. Mostly I would have done better if I owned a bell skiver but that it way out of my budget and this leather is really soft so manual skiving wasn't a happening thing. Some mods had to be made on the fly and it is not my best stitching but it is usable and orange is supposed to be the in colour at the moment. lol

My daughter had requested a new purse as hers had gotten rather disreputable. She requested it as a crossbody bag. I used some designer lambskin I got a while back at Tandy, but used a dyed veggie tan for the strap. It is lined but the pic I got of the inside before I gave it to her is too dark to show much detail. Does anyone know what the longevity of these specialty leathers with the smooth finish is likely to be?

Hello everyone, I joined this forum after reading through a bit and realized that this community is exactly the type of people I need to talk to. My company is beginning production of our leather wallet series. I am looking for a soft and supple lambskin, to have exposed on the outside of one of the wallets. Currently, the leather supplier we have chosen is Horween for our standard leather, since we plan on making Shell Cordovan models. But our long women's wallet will need to be covered in a very soft additional layer of leather. Having chosen lambskin, due to its soft texture, we have been looking for the best tannery to supply us with the best possible lambskin that money can buy. We are not concerned with hide pricing, only quality. My question to everyone is this, what would you consider to be the best possible lambskin leather distributor in the world? Responses here are just fine, but feel free to contact us at office.imageco@gmail.com as well