Sheepskin use??

[Zippin23]

I purchased some veg tan sheepskin during the Tandy sale just because it was 1.5 oz and seemed like a great deal.  I don’t know about you all but I was getting a text a day from Tandy and some of the deals were hard to turn down.  I don’t even do much leatherwork and now have a pretty good stack.  Tandy isn’t my normal first choice when it comes to mail order leather but I got some good stuff.  I wish they had some Horween chromexcel at a great deal but,  no such luck.  
 

Anyhow,  what’s people use sheepskin for?  It is very soft and a bit stretchy.  I’d like to use it for wallet interiors, bag linings and interior pockets?   

[tsunkasapa]

I use it for lining holsters.

 

[Handstitched]

The soft stuff could be used for gloves, hats,  and assorted accessories  etc. 

HS

[Chakotay]

It's great for applying dyes and oil.

[Northmount]

On 7/30/2023 at 1:11 PM, Zippin23 said:

Anyhow,  what’s people use sheepskin for?  It is very soft and a bit stretchy.  I’d like to use it for wallet interiors, bag linings and interior pockets?

Is it with or without the fleece?  Makes a lot of difference in how you would use it. Seems to be some confusion about what it really is.

19 minutes ago, Chakotay said:

It's great for applying dyes and oil.

 

[Handstitched]

1 hour ago, Chakotay said:

It's great for applying dyes and oil.

I agree, and As @Northmount touched on,, I use sheep skin (  with fleece)  for applying dyes, and oils  as an alternative to daubers .  Sheep skin off cuts often come free when I go to my  leather supplier . 

But the other sheep skin leather, nappa, quite soft,   can be used for an assortment of leather goods.  Sheep skins , with fleece on, are often used for many other uses as well, like ugg boots,  slippers , seat covers,   floor rugs  etc. 

HS 

[fredk]

Depends on just what it is. I use thin pre-dyed for lining bags and small goods or even over game boards with the main playing area put on over it. I have some real nice stuff which is kinda very wrinkly looking which I used to recover my work stool which had had PVC on it.

[Zippin23]

Thanks for the advice everyone. They are 1.5 oz veg tanned hides without the fleece.  As stretchy as they are, I bet they would make good tight piping. I’m going to use it for some wallet innards and bag liners.  It has an awesome buttery feel. 

[Zippin23]

Just a quick update.  Sheepskin is not the best material for wallet pockets.  I’ve made three and it’s a bit too soft and difficult to work with.  My edge creaser doesn’t glide along the sheepskin like it does on cowhide.  I think it would be great for internal bag lining  but when you need a little firmness,  it’s not going to be my go to leather.