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  1. Zanshin
    I've got a vegetable tanned leather desktop whose surface I'd like to harden. It was not treated before being wetted and stretched onto a desk, then rolled with a pin while wet, waxed with beeswax (melted in with a hairdyer) and finally covered with Fiebing's Leather Balsam. While I like the coveri...
  2. CHT
    Hi: We live in the east Tennessee mountains and build some leather products that we sell on our site. It is wet here and we store our hides in a flat area that has an outside wall (concrete filled) that faces the mountain. We have noticed that some of the hides have a form of mold, especiall...
  3. TheAllWatch
    Hello, I'm a jeweler working on a project making watches, and I am just beginning production on the bands themselves. I would like to work with hen leather, also known as chicken feet, which is a luxury leather in many middle eastern countries but relatively unused here in the United States. I wou...
  4. Shagbark
    I got a piece of vegetable-tanned cowhide in the mail yesterday, which I've never used before. It smelled funny, a nasty acidic chemical smell, and had a thin sticky residue on it. Being an idiot, I tried to wash the residue off with a damp cloth. Each spot on the hide that got so much as a drop of...
  5. Sarden
    Hi, I'm new to this forum and part of a startup business that seeks to source and promote premier quality leather goods and craftsmanship to a wider audience. I will post a link to our site in the "new members" group. We want to educate people and help them better understand leather so they'll mak...
  6. lcmattson
    I'm looking for 3/4 inch wide strips of veg-tan leather at 8/9 oz thick for dog leads. Basically, I need them the length of a side. I would definitely be interested in buying a side of my own, but my client may not be able to buy as many as I would need her to buy in order to make buying a side wort...
  7. msollars
    I would like to attempt to make the following tote bag as a first project/gift. http://www.whippingpost.com/collections/totes/products/the-vintage-tote-bag I contacted the site and found out that they use a 5/6 oz veg tan leather, and copper rivets. Here is where the guidance comes in... In b...
  8. Bicicouture
    Hello! A few months ago my local leather supplier switched over to buying from a new tannery. I have noticed that the new leather does not patina, it just ends up looking kind of dirty after a few months of use. I have been working with 8/9 oz Veg Tan leather for about 4 years now and I have never...
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