Where To Find 1-2Oz Veg Tan

[jus10]

I got a sq foot of 1-2oz veg tan on eBay and can't seem to find any place else with anything that thin . At that size would it be under an odd category or something ? I guess 2-3 would work but I want some really thin stuff for card pockets in wallets

[Cyberthrasher]

Any certain reason you're looking for veg-tan for the pockets? Pigskin, kangaroo, and several others are really good for wallet innards. These are usually under the category of lining leathers or sometimes garment.

If you're set on Veg-Tan, find someone that sells the 2-3 oz and will skive it for you. I believe Springfield Leather offers that service.

[Glendon]

Waterhouse Leather will also skive on request, and they have some thin veg tan on special right now. http://www.waterhouseleather.com/econo_veg_45.htm

Usually veg tan is not done on hides less then about 4oz. My thinking is because the main point of veg tan is that you can stamp it, and stamping would not work well on anything real thin. Most people use thiner chrome tan for things that thin. However, like we said, if you want thin veg tan because you want to dye it or whatever, you will just have to make a special request at a supplier that offers skiving.

[jus10]

Thanks .

You wouldn't happen to know if the cheaper "encomey" or "craftsman" or b ext grades of leater last as long or near as long as let's say top grade Herman oak ? I have been looking around for this info and can't find it . Are the imperfections (scars brand marks ext ) and maybe dryer areas and location of manufacturing the only difference or will cheaper leather not last for decades or even longer ?

[jus10]

Ill call springfield I just ordered from those guys I absolutely love the fact that you can get a sq foot of just about anything which is all I'd really need of something so thin . @cyberthrasher

[Glendon]

As far as how long a hide would last, mostly leather is leather. It will all last. The difference between the cheap stuff and the primo leather is mainly the amount of good clean usable leather per square foot. The enonomy stuff is enconomy not because of inharent flaws inside the leather, but the amount of range marks, holes, fatty areas, clamp marks, burns, ect, that is on the hide.

[jus10]

Thanks ! I've been asking around all month an have been worried that all the things I made from my first econo shoulder wouldn't last

[jus10]

I did find a very small spot that didnt take my oil dye when I looked at it really close I noticed it was either a flake of glass or something similar . I got it out with my awl an kept on dying . I found that odd

[Glendon]

No sure on that one. One of the old timers probobly know exactly what it is, but my bet would be just something random that made it past the tanning process. Remember that skins are not harvested for quality first. They are a byproduct of meat packing so the tanners kind of get what they get.

[jus10]

http://springfieldleather.com/29887/Kidskin%2CFinished%2CBlack/

I'm guessing something like this would work ? I'm really inexperienced and have only used tooling veg tan and a little chromexcel .

All the types of leather can be really intemidating and I'm not really a people person so contacting a supplier and carry on a conversation isn't easy for me