Pronounced Grain Leather

[edd]

Thanks Andrew. Looks great. Very nice work indeed

Edited May 6, 2013 by edd

[edd]

I get mine from Sweden, but it's expensive.

You can get some from Tannerie D'annonay from France (they used to have an English agent) and Weinheimer from Germany/Poland. I also remember seeing some really good stuff from Italy.

In my experience this can be hard to hand sew. But it can be done.

If you looking for grain, you could also look for Zug Grain - Horween makes a descent one and you can get it through AA Crack in the UK. Montana in Italy makes some Zug grain, I've seen, but I don't know about Montana's distribution in England.

Wow, lots of places to try. I'll certainly follow up on those contacts. Do you know if Tannerie D'annonay & Weinheimer deal with small orders? What's the best way to get in contact? I can muster enough French but no German.

[simontuntelder]

They probably don't. But try the English agent for D'annonay. Just google it.

Weinheimer probably has an English agent too. But I'm not sure. If you need to contact them in German, just use google translate.

[goldenstonebazaar]

Tandy's milled leather is a natural, not dyed vegtan. Dyesing it by Fiebing's dyes stiffens it a lot, almost to the stiffness of the usual, not milled vegtan.

What dye or stain was used on this bag and what finish, please? Everything I try (manual application) makes it stiff.

BTW, leather on the photo looks to me like a finished chrom tan...

[walletfun]

HI,

leather posted by edd is called "boarder leather". Usually such leathers are used for bags, and this should be chrome tanning.

refering to ZUG (by Horween) - zug is corrected grain embossed leather ..

As to Weinheimer (tannery placed in Poland) - they don't deal with small customers - production capacity is 300.000 sq meters per year ..

[jrny4wrd]

I occasionally use it and find the Montana pitch blend to be flexible enough for milled veg finish. Although it states water "repellent" you will find that its just an honest statement as with any finish. It has lanolin, beeswax, and pinepitch ingredients. It not quite as shiny but, it keeps it good.