Did I Just Find Treasure Or Trash

[minimal Oz]

So today I happened to find some leather offcuts selling in an used-to-be shoe factory. These are decently sized offcuts and it's so cheap, so I grabbed two boxes. AUD $1 per kg. Quite firm and thick (5mm), I guess they were making insoles and mid-soles out of it?

These offcuts look pretty good, I even grabbed a large piece, I am just thinking what can I do with this whole lot.

Any one can tell me if this is a bargain or just some trash? I just have no idea what leather they use for shoe-making.

Any idea is welcome! thanks.

Edited March 11, 2014 by minimal Oz

[minimal Oz]

Forgot to mention the average size of the offcuts is about 1/3 sqft.

[Wishful]

Sounds like a good deal (of fun). Show us what you come up with.

[Bob Blea]

Looks like veg tan to me. There are probably a lot of small projects you could make out of all that, or maybe just a lot of practice pieces. Either way it looks like a great deal.

Bob

[Matt S]

Most likely soling leather. It's damn tough.

[minimal Oz]

Most likely soling leather. It's damn tough.

yes, it is bloody tough, it's almost like timber! My Diamond chisel can only get into the leather for about 3mm.

I am just thinking about making some bracelet.

[shtoink]

Cut out the correct shapes to assemble a dart board.

On second though, maybe the darts would just bounce back out...

[CountryStyle]

I would use those to practice decorative swivel knife cuts! Also you could make stain samples of all of the stain colors you have to reference what they actually look like on leather. And you could create stamping templates with different combinations of stamps for inspiration in future projects.

Edited March 23, 2014 by CountryStyle