Determining Type Of Leather And Uses

[biker55]

Hello all, decided to try my hand at leathercrafting because I couldn't find a cellphone case that I liked. anyway purchased a bunch of leather scraps from the local craft store. different colors and stiffness. my question is how can you tell what type of leather it is, and how do you determine the right leather for a project? thanks.

[St8LineGunsmith]

the two most common types of leather used for projects is vegtable tanned leather and chrome tanned leather

there is also harness leather which is veg tan with tallows saturated into the leather to make it weather resistant

and latigo is also a dyed veg tan leather

most ghrome tanned leather will have a greybluish tint at the inner core and will have a supple testure

for making cases, belts, saddle's and holsters you will want to use Veg tan leather which can be tooled

the soft leather is for making chaps, upholstery and hand bags.

if you could upload a pic of the leather you have we might be able to help you determine what kind of leather you have.

Edited August 8, 2013 by St8LineGunsmith

[biker55]

hope this picture comes out. http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv79/frontierman01/Mobile%20Uploads/0809131815_zpsa75f4aa1.jpg

[St8LineGunsmith]

looks like you have a couple of small pieces of veg tann and the largest piece looks like it might be Latigo veg tan

but it is kind of hard to tell for sure due to the fuzzy picture

[biker55]

thanks for responding,.sorry for the poor photo quality. took it with my dumb phone.don't have a smart phone. thanks again