My First Purchase Of Leather Skins.

[igorgilnei]

Dear, sorry about the trouble expressing myself (Google Translator!)

I'm not sure this is the best place to post. If not, could move it, please?

Never worked nor bought this type of material. Here my first impressions:

1st issue: Distance. Traveled over 120 km to the cities that process this raw material. I enjoyed what I was passing by.

2 nd Initial allocation: I'm currently looking for jobs and can not compromise the family budget.

3rd Inexperience: Lacking knowledge to trade and buy a good material, with respect to quality problems of the skins.

In short:

Spent R $ 110.00 (around U $ 50.00 USD), bought leftover stock around 5.50 m² with small quality problems. I want to start small projects, such as wallets and briefcases.

Here are some photos:

[igorgilnei]

Some defects:

1.Flor skin peeling off in some areas and some holes.

Fold wrapping wrinkled because:

According to the orientation of a vendor, one must stretch the skin with the fingers and be aware if the fibers are not crushed (hole), or does not have the detachment surface (flower).

What is your opinion about it? Obs: pele com 2mm.

Edited October 10, 2013 by igorgilnei

[Cyberthrasher]

That doesn't look bad for the price. The primary "problems" you're pointing out will be found on virtually any hide in those areas. The material around the edges gets marked up at the plant when processing the leather. Also, the edges are weaker many times and tend to show more wrinkles. The fold is simply because it's lightweight leather and was rolled up at some point. That should work out by smoothing it. As long as the majority of the inside of your leather is clean and without flaws, you should be fine, especially for wallets. Now, for briefcases, keep in mind that they aren't necessarily small projects and will use up a lot of leather. You may or may not be able to get one out of this piece. Just make sure you arrange your parts around the more serious flaws. Every hide you purchase will have some scrap that's not the best, just work around it and save those pieces for practice work.