AndyL1 Posted January 13, 2009 Report Posted January 13, 2009 "It is just a bunch of hoooy measuring or specifying the actual thickness of the leather." HAHA! I hear ya'! I like TrooperChuck's method of making some sample swatches. I guess it all boils down to what you feel is best for any project you want to tackle. Math, shmath! -Andy Quote Blackthorn Leather on Etsy • Blackthorn Leather on Facebook
Moderator Art Posted January 13, 2009 Moderator Report Posted January 13, 2009 Hi Andy, The only thing the weight/thickness is good for is selling or ordering leather. That's why Wickett and Craig will send you a sample string and HO has a swatch card. Lets see, I'm in the shop and see that I need a piece of 3.5oz calf. I suddenly realize I am OUT of 3.5 oz calf (irrespective of the fact that I might never have been IN of 3.5oz calf) and well heck, I guess I can't work on this till I get some (the question is just what am I going to get some of, but that's another story). Now what really happens. I need a piece of calf, so I go over to my calf stash and find something that will work, might be goat, might be the good Italian stuff, as long as it will work, 2oz, 3oz, 4oz, so really it is my hand that determines what I'm going to use, not what is marked on the flesh. Art "It is just a bunch of hoooy measuring or specifying the actual thickness of the leather."HAHA! I hear ya'! I like TrooperChuck's method of making some sample swatches. I guess it all boils down to what you feel is best for any project you want to tackle. Math, shmath! -Andy Quote For heaven's sakes pilgrim, make yourself a strop!
Leather Bum Posted January 14, 2009 Report Posted January 14, 2009 Looks like I may revive an old post, but....Doesn't the ounce weight equal that of a one square foot piece of leather? For instance, a square foot of 8-9 ounce leather weighs 8-9 ounces. I don't know where I heard that, but that's what I had always thought, too. Check the "Ounce" listing at the bottom of the Siegel of California page here: OunceMeasurement of the thickness of leather. 1 ounce = 1/64 inch = 0.4 mm. In theory, this measurement is based on the assumption that one square foot of leather will weigh a certain number of ounces and will be a certain uniform thickness. Hence, one square foot of leather which would weigh 3 ounces theoretically would be a 3-ounce leather. However, in practice, this rule varies because of the specific gravity of diverse tanning materials used, and for that reason, a splitter’s gauge has been adopted to control the thickness of leather when sold by the square foot. L'Bum Quote
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