Looking For Kip Leather

[tparrish]

I have searched endlessly for a supplier that carries kip leather in various colors in 4 - 6 oz weights. If anyone has any ideas please let me know!

[Art]

Most Kip I have seen is 2.5 to 3oz, like Hidehouse Sonoma.

I have a skin somewhere that is 4oz or a little better that I got from Siegel years ago, but it was natural.

Art

I have searched endlessly for a supplier that carries kip leather in various colors in 4 - 6 oz weights. If anyone has any ideas please let me know!

[George B]

Weaver leather has natural and pearl gray, natural is 2/3 ounce and gray is available 5/6 ounce and 7/8 ounce. Sorry but I have not found anything in colors.

[King's X]

I would suggest you try Springfield leather.

[JLSleather]

I guess it depends on what you're calling kip. Used to be, kip was a term for cow leather from a young animal (as in not a baby, but not a mother). Tight grained, but ran about 2/3 ounce. Guess I'm getting old ..

[George B]

I guess it depends on what you're calling kip. Used to be, kip was a term for cow leather from a young animal (as in not a baby, but not a mother). Tight grained, but ran about 2/3 ounce. Guess I'm getting old ..

The stuff Weaver leather has says it's "kipskin", veg tanned calf skin in 2/3 ounce natural. The heavier they list as "kipskin apron splits", 5/7 & 8/9 ounce. I've only been at this a couple of years, but the guy that taught me to make saddles called it "mule hide" and I use it for roping horn wraps. the first tight grained, and wonderful to work with, the second can be kinda fuzzy and only tightens up when I wet wrap a saddle horn.

As a beginner, I was then, as I am now...totally confused.

[JLSleather]

Tha's just funny, George

Since I'm admittedly not a saddle maker (not that I would mind, I just haven't had much call for that around here) I suppose I've always lumped all of that into "rawhide". And at this point, I'm guessing the second half of my sentence makes the first half unnecessary

[jwilson]

Waterhouse has natural "english kip" sides in 2/3 and 3/4 for reasonable prices. Ive ordered a few and they are very clean.

[tparrish]

Thanks everyone, I think I have checked out all those mentioned. Here are some pics of "kip" leather used for baseball gloves. This is what I am looking for and I would guess it can't be any lighter than 4-5 oz

[tparrish]

anyone else?

[jwilson]

On the baseball gloves, it looks to me like they are probably 3-4 or 2-3 oz in the main part, as it is lined it looks like. The lace has got to be cowhide. Since kip specifies a young cow, I don't think you will find kip over 4 oz, as its then a cow, not kip. Just my two cents.

[tparrish]

Good point, and thanks for your input. I have all of the cowhide lace as well as a side of Horween baseball glove leather but would really like to track down a good source of kip. Some fun colors would be nice but I am not picky right now. I will have to look over the suppliers mentioned above again.

Edited February 18, 2012 by tparrish