Wet Form Horween?

[jqtoms]

Good morning y'awl.

I was wondering if Horween carries a leather that can be wet formed or moulded to make small possibles pouches or bags? Thanks.

[25b]

Not unless you can find some veg tanned Horween somewhere. Not gonna work with chrome tanned.

[jqtoms]

Thanks 25b.

[nrk]

  On 10/27/2014 at 3:32 PM, 25b said:

Not unless you can find some veg tanned Horween somewhere. Not gonna work with chrome tanned.

don't they produce veg tann, or i'm mistaken?

[jqtoms]

nrk, yes, I found they have Russet Horsehide veg tan. Tannery Row and Maverick Leather have options.

[25b]

Yeah, they produce veg tan horse butt in limited quantities, but none of the "popular" ones (Chromexcel, Dublin, etc....the ones sellers seem to talk up on etsy and other places) are veg tanned.

[nrk]

  On 11/12/2014 at 1:25 PM, jqtoms said:

nrk, yes, I found they have Russet Horsehide veg tan. Tannery Row and Maverick Leather have options.

I will request samples from TanneryRow.

Thanx jqtoms

[jqtoms]

25b, I think, if not mistaken, that in a sense, the definition of chromexcel is that is it is chrome tanned rather than veg tanned. The added chemicals make it supple, etc. so that its characteristics make it difficult to mold as veg tanned can be.

[25b]

That's what I said. None of the "popular" ones (Chromexcel, etc.) are veg tanned.

In my previous post, I was responding to nrk's post.

Edited November 12, 2014 by 25b

[Hi Im Joe]

  On 11/12/2014 at 2:10 PM, jqtoms said:

25b, I think, if not mistaken, that in a sense, the definition of chromexcel is that is it is chrome tanned rather than veg tanned. The added chemicals make it supple, etc. so that its characteristics make it difficult to mold as veg tanned can be.

Chromexcel is a dual tannage. It's chrome tanned and then veg re-tanned I believe?

http://horween.com/101/chromexcel-2/

Nice article about the process to make CXL

[nrk]

  On 11/12/2014 at 3:20 PM, 25b said:

That's what I said. None of the "popular" ones (Chromexcel, etc.) are veg tanned.

In my previous post, I was responding to nrk's post.

Thank you.

But we still can put our logos on it right? or maybe customer's initials? Can anyone share stamped Horween item?

[25b]

There's been a lot of talk on this on here before. Most people heat stamp Horween leather. Some have been successful stamping with a shop press. I've used a small anvil (about 15-20 pounds) to press a stamp in before and it worked ok but not nearly as well as heat stamping does.

Edited November 13, 2014 by 25b

[nrk]

  On 11/13/2014 at 1:52 PM, 25b said:

There's been a lot of talk on this on here before. Most people heat stamp Horween leather. Some have been successful stamping with a shop press. I've used a small anvil (about 15-20 pounds) to press a stamp in before and it worked ok but not nearly as well as heat stamping does.

I've purchased black and brown 1x2 ft pieces. Will check it and post the results here or in another topic?