The leather stretches as i start to skive it what do i do

[Danne]

On 10/14/2022 at 7:30 AM, xnikolaos said:

Goat leather, in Europe, is very soft and pliable and it's used almost for shoe linings. It can be found between 0,4mm to 1,2mm (1,6oz to 3oz) and majority of shoes manufactures use 0,7mm. They don't skive it. It's so soft that a little pressure reduce in half it's thickness. I think a belt sander can help you. I'm not a leather professional.

I have some samples of some goat leather that is very soft and "stretchy", and feels more suitable for shoe linings and such. I'm not a professional either, but I use goat a lot for wallets and watch straps, and I think it depends on the tanning process. Just like veg tan cow leather can be quite stiff (like the ones suitable for belts, leather carving and such) there are often also a choice from the tannery to get "tooling leather" soft (tumbled in a drum to break the fiber structure) The goat leather I use is not super soft, but softer than tooling leather. As example when lined (two pieces glued flesh to flesh) there is very little stretch. But I like goat because the strength is very good. You can see examples of things I made from goat if you look at my post history.