Oakleaf Leather

[St8LineGunsmith]

Tandy Leather here in Chattanooga is no more so I started buying the ShoTan leather from American saddlery this stuff blows anything away that Tandy ever had to offer and is also a cut above Herman Oak as well.

[gakracker]

For most of us Tandy is the most convenient and there was a time that they had some decent low-end products. Sadly they, like many companies, have gone to the cheapest imports available. For me this means that most of their products, leather, tools and misc are not of very good quality. Their large stamping press, actually rivet setting quality, is priced extremely high and the last three I received from them did not have one square angle on any welded part, does their manufacturer not use construction jigs?? Of late I have only been picking up small lots of Fiebings there. I do know for a fact thet the local manager is frequently embarrassed over their direction.

[Studio-N]

The evil empire can not do better on HO leather because they buy it at the same price you and I would directly from HO.

they are strictly counting on the ability for the hobbyist to buy 1 hide versus the minimum 10 direct from HO.

As for their leather offerings, the are strictly B grade. I got an 8 oz double shoulder which I use strictly for cutting out

rosettes for stamping samples for the stamps I make. It looked very good UNTIL I wet the pieces. Then black mold

marks showed up on just about every rosette. Not a big deal for samples, but it certainly would be useless for

real product.

Edited January 11, 2015 by Studio-N