Storing Leather

[WScott]

I don't roll my leather, I use a home made saw horse and lay the leather over it grain side up, I keep it as far away from my work bench as possible and that seems to keep it clean.

If anyone has an opinion on this let me know, thanks Stu...

I think this is a perfect way to store leather

How many horses so you use for each hide??

I would run out of room too fast in my smalll space

Excellent point of keeping it away from under or near your bench....dust,glue, dye spills etc could easily destroy a nice hide

Like to see a pic of you saw horses in action

Cheers,Scott

Edited September 5, 2013 by WScott

[gainesvilleman]

I use one horse about 5' long, I put one hide on top of another and seperate the hides by the type of use, I also put my embossed cowhides there also. The only problem I have run into is sometimes I have to go digging through the pile to get the hide I want, but I can live with that.

I put the horse on wheels so it is easy to move around and turn.

[JLSleather]

Veg leather is flat, grain side down, stacked, lightest weight on top.

Chrome leathers are hanging over 1 1/2" wooden dowels suspended from ceiling (looks a bit like a heavy clothing rack).

All of this takes up about 30 sq ft of floor space, or basically the size of the largest hide plus room to walk down behind there and cut the length of the hide. When I need a 10 oz strap - generally on the bottom - I just slide the top hides over a few inches, cut what I need, and slide the lighter hides back.

But, really, this doesn't take THAT much thought n planning... I knew a guy, long time ago, well before this thread started. ... buy a side of 3/4 oz and cut the entire thing into wallet carving backs (70 of em, give er take). When he got ready to make billfolds, he'd open a drawer and pull em out ready to carve - usually 10 at a time.