selling skiver/pliver?

[unicornwoman]

Does anyone know of someone in the USA that is still selling skiver/pliver? (I never have figured out what the exact difference between the two is!--Educate me?) I'm especially interested in natural and WHITE hides.

[whinewine]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Thin-Sheepskin-Leather...oQQcmdZViewItem

[if you can't connect the link, do an ebay search under Wholesale Leathers, or seymourssi... Sorry, I'm really a dunce (technical term) when it comes to computers ]

These people (Wholesale Leathers) sell pliver at a very reasonable cost ($5 per skin). Pliver is the grain part which is split off tanned sheep hides (the rest is used to make fine suede). It's variable in thickness, from tissue-paper thin to perhaps 1/4 to 1/2 oz in weight. It makes a fine thin backing where needed (say, you accidentally punched through a wallet back- you could use it as a backing...). I used a piece yesterday to repair a three-corner tear on a leather jacket (pliver patch inserted behind the tear & glued in place with barge). It's too thin (& therefore very weak) to be used by itself to make garments, but, because it IS so thin, it makes a great backing.

Skiver, on the other hand, I believe, is the part split off the grain of garment-type leathers (elk, deer, among others). Generally thin, but not as thin as pliver, it's better suited to linings than is pliver (unless you use the stuff in the 1/2 oz range).

So pliver has the grain on one side & flesh on the other side, skiver has the flesh on both.

I hope this helps. russ

Edited November 19, 2007 by whinewine

[whinewine]

  unicornwoman said:

Does anyone know of someone in the USA that is still selling skiver/pliver? (I never have figured out what the exact difference between the two is!--Educate me?) I'm especially interested in natural and WHITE hides.

http://stores.ebay.com/Wholesale-Leathers

I figured out how to post the link to the pliver site. Look under 'dollmaking leather'. The pliver is listed in the lower right hand corner of that listing. He has probably the best prices on pliver around, and he generally has quite a few skins for sale, all at $5.00 each. I hope this helps.

russ

[unicornwoman]

Thanks!