Drum Dyed Leathers?

[jasonsmith]

Weaver's has Hermann Oak drum dyed black in 6/7 and 7/8 strap sides. Very reasonable price and it molds very well. I use a lot of it for holsters.

Thanks. Hermann and Oak are sending me some samples as well. That way I can find what looks the best, cuts the easiest, and can be slot punched for my pyramid spots without bending my tools. I'm pretty much looking for black smooth grain leather. The nice thing too is I believe I've read the dyed leather is sealed as well. So, you don't have to worry about the dye coming off on your arm.

Getting the samples in sure beats wasting money on buying leather and finding out it is too hard to cut or bends your tools which has happened on 2 different pieces of black dyed leather I've bought.

[Ellen]

Still Wickett & Craig, and not Tandy. I have heard good things about Springfield Leather, but don't know what they have.

It would be good if W&C had a distributor in your area, so you could come in person there and choose the leather you want.

Mine W&C drum dyed black leather was softer than regular vegtan ("Tooling/Holster/Carving" russet leather), feels like well oiled leather, but after finishing takes fingernail impressions easier than regular vegtan.

Their English Briddle was stiffer, waxer feel, looks much better than drum dyed. It could be wet formed to conform shape you need, with less details than regular vegtan, and this will require more work.

Regular vegtan for excellent results requires smelly Fiebing's Pro-Oil dyes, Angelicus acrylics could be an option.

[jasonsmith]

Still Wickett & Craig, and not Tandy. I have heard good things about Springfield Leather, but don't know what they have.

It would be good if W&C had a distributor in your area, so you could come in person there and choose the leather you want.

Mine W&C drum dyed black leather was softer than regular vegtan ("Tooling/Holster/Carving" russet leather), feels like well oiled leather, but after finishing takes fingernail impressions easier than regular vegtan.

Their English Briddle was stiffer, waxer feel, looks much better than drum dyed. It could be wet formed to conform shape you need, with less details than regular vegtan, and this will require more work.

Regular vegtan for excellent results requires smelly Fiebing's Pro-Oil dyes, Angelicus acrylics could be an option.

Do you need to put a deglazer on the veg tan leather before you dye? I'm not sure what leather I have. But I got it at Tandy's and it was from a stack of single shoulders and is light in color.