Where Do You Buy Your Leather?

[jkeith]

I'm in the same boat. However, from the many recommendations from Leatherworker.net members, I made my first leather purchased with RJF Leather - http://rjfleather.com. I haven't received the order yet, but so far I'm impressed. I'll let you know what I think when my order arrives.

[WScott]

I have mail ordered from

Sherridan Leather Outfitters and Springfield Leather. I had no problems with either. When you mail order, there is an inherent risk that what you get isn't quite what you want.

I actually prefer a little place in East Vancouver where I go to see, smell and feel the leather before I buy. Even the Local Tandy is a good start to get the hands on feel of what you are buying

JMHO

[J Hayes]

Yeah, looks to be a manufacturer of bags and such.....seems like a spam posting, even I have better grammer.......

My apologies for my bad post, shame on me.

[WScott]

Good for you J Hayes, takes guts to do that

[J Hayes]

Thank you WScott, it was a bad move on my part, I jumped to a conclusion and apologize for it.

Edited January 22, 2014 by J Hayes

[borlinoleather]

Hi guys. My name is Darrell and I am the owner of Borlino. This morning I received an email from someone who chose to remain anonymous and who expressed their extreme unhappiness of our postings on this forum. I wasn't even aware of such posting or even the forum and was appalled that this had even taken place without my knowledge. This came from someone I hired to do SEO work for us. They took the liberty of becoming my voice and needless to say, I am very upset about this and assure all of you it will not continue.

I owe all the wonderful people who were kindly responding to his questions a tremendous apology. I feel terrible that this has happened. I assure you that I did not know this was taking place and had nothing to do with it at all. I'm trying now to find a way to delete this stuff. So please accept my sincere apology. I would have absolutely no reason to try to SPAM or sell you good people anything since you are all more than capable of producing nicer work than I make. I had a long conversation with this person and if something like this happens again, then he will be looking somewhere else for work. I don't think he knows even the first thing about leather products and the skills sets and sweat it takes to create the art that you all make with love and passion.

I wish there was more that I could do to express my sorrow along with my gratitude of the kindness you showed. Please forgive me for allowing this to happen under my nose. Based on spending some time today on this forum, it seems like a group of very wonderful people who love what they do and a community of artist who are willing to share their passion with fellow artists. I wish my introduction to this community had been far different than what it was. I have a profound respect for each fellow artist out there. God Bless and I wish you all continued success and happiness.

[CCPhotog]

Are there any tanneries in New England? I'm in Providence RI and so far I've done all my shopping at Tandy, for two reasons. One, they're the only game in town, and two, I can go and see and touch things before I buy them. However, if I could buy in bulk from someone, I would switch in a heartbeat.

[AdamTill]

Check out www.caledonleather.ca they're based out of Calgary and are Canadian distributors of Herman Oak and Thoroughbred leather. Their site isn't the greatest and they don't have any kind of stock listings so you'll have to contact them directly to find out if they have what you're looking for. I haven't placed any orders with them as of yet, so if any fellow Canadians have had experience going through them I would love to hear some feedback.

They were great (I'm actually in Calgary too), but they're closing, so I'm on the hunt too. Apparently HO is talking to another Cdn firm right now in Calgary, but it might be a while before there's a source.

[SLudlow]

That's a real pity that they are closing shop.

[minimal Oz]

Thanks to everyone for the useful information! I am from Australia and just looking for high quality leathers for a reasonable price. After reading this thread, I found a number of sellers in the US. I am looking for Hermann Oak Tooling leather sides, which are very rare and expensive in Australia. The price of Hermann Oak here is twice of that in US. It is so frustrating. Luckily I have contacted a few US sellers online and trying to get the best quote on shipping.