Tandy Royal Meadow

[rickeyfro]

Any body have any experience with the Tandy Royal Meadow leather? Just wandering about the plusus and minusus

[King's X]

A piece of hide that I got was awesome, tooled well and 99% blemish free. It is kinda pale looking though. Dyes really well. Expensive also.

[MADMAX22]

Its pretty good leather from my experience however the store was somewhat close so I picked thru to find what I wanted. If you going with tandy leather and want good results this is about the only stuff I would buy. However for the price I would rather get some good wicket and craig or some herman oak personally. This is just because I like how the WandC tools and I love the colors you get with the HO and its really good for molding.

[JLSleather]

I haven't used the W&C, but I have part of a side of 3/4 oz Royal Meadow I'm working on now. Good leather, I picked through a dozen hides, and they were all pretty good looking. But, I paid over $6/foot, and that was the "wholesale" price. Would have liked to pay a little less, but I've mail ordered from some others and didn't like what I got (in fact, one guy I will NOT buy from again - I'd hang up the tools first). Max is right about the Tandy stuff, too... I paid the $6/foot because there was nothing else in the store worth buying, leather wise. And King is right, it's very "blonde" ... but I happen to like that.

[King's X]

I am totally using Hermann Oak now. I really like the hue....swap some neat-lac or RTC and away you go, done! Or dye it.