DreadPirateRedbeard Report post Posted June 4, 2009 So I got some leather in from a shop in California that went out of business when the owner died. One of the pieces I got I'm not sure what it is. I know it's leather of course. The picture is as good as I could get as my camera seems to have a focus issue. It's thick like tooling leather but it's soft and supple. It's smooth on one side and the other side looks almost like it's got a thin cloth on it but still kinda like suede. It's a slightly reddish brown with lighter "stripes" or streaks or veins in it maybe from being folded or rolled. I want to use it to make a pair of hardened bracers out of and use some of the soft suede that I got with it for a liner. I hope this describes it enough for one of you experts to help me. Oh yes and here's the crap ass picture of it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Report post Posted June 4, 2009 So I got some leather in from a shop in California that went out of business when the owner died. One of the pieces I got I'm not sure what it is. I know it's leather of course. The picture is as good as I could get as my camera seems to have a focus issue. It's thick like tooling leather but it's soft and supple. It's smooth on one side and the other side looks almost like it's got a thin cloth on it but still kinda like suede. It's a slightly reddish brown with lighter "stripes" or streaks or veins in it maybe from being folded or rolled. I want to use it to make a pair of hardened bracers out of and use some of the soft suede that I got with it for a liner. I hope this describes it enough for one of you experts to help me. Oh yes and here's the crap ass picture of it. The color may be from being sun struck. Leather will darken when exposed to light or sun. The streaks are undoubtedly fatty deposits which is probably what makes the leather so supple and soft. I'd case a piece of it and see if you can tool it. It kinda matches your beard.... color co-ordinated bracers.... Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kevinhopkins Report post Posted June 5, 2009 So I got some leather in from a shop in California that went out of business when the owner died. One of the pieces I got I'm not sure what it is. I know it's leather of course. The picture is as good as I could get as my camera seems to have a focus issue. It's thick like tooling leather but it's soft and supple. It's smooth on one side and the other side looks almost like it's got a thin cloth on it but still kinda like suede. It's a slightly reddish brown with lighter "stripes" or streaks or veins in it maybe from being folded or rolled. I want to use it to make a pair of hardened bracers out of and use some of the soft suede that I got with it for a liner. I hope this describes it enough for one of you experts to help me. Oh yes and here's the crap ass picture of it. Hi... I think Dave is right. It looks to me like oxidized tooling leather with some fat wrinkles which may or may not have a finish on it. If it accepts water, no finish. If it does indeed have a cloth backing, more than likely the leather was milled (tumbled) for softness, or drum tanned (for softness) and the mesh or cloth would have been adhered to prevent stretch. If it turns out that theres really no cloth or fabric on the back, then the back has probably just been finished in such a manner to satisfy the customer that it was originally tanned for. Don't know what all that is worth, but there ya go! Kevin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
