question on upholstery leather

[Windrider30]

I see "yes yes collective gasp keep your undies from knotting" Tandy leather selling leather that was meant for upholstery, they say this leather is good for bags and light weight chaps and what not, is it actually good enough for bags and I am assuming that upholstery leather would be chrome tanned which means no stamping or carving am I right?

[bikermutt07]

I will be watching for answers, because I know nothing about it. Maybe it would be good as a liner?

Edited September 15, 2016 by bikermutt07

[Windrider30]

17 minutes ago, nstarleather said:

I can't say much to what Tandy's Selling but to answer your questions.

 Good upholstery leather is great for small items and even purses that have a "soft" feel.  Most of my small items are Upholstery leather especially the pouches.   Just think of the look and feel of a leather couch or even any leather clothing you've handled.

Upholstery leather is like any chrome-tanned leather it will not take any kind of tooling.

 

That being said your mileage may vary, I've seen some horrible furniture that is supposed to be leather but is really bonded or bicast, which in very broad terms could be called "Upholstery Leather".  I wouldn't suspect that Tandy is selling that but you never know.  Generally good upholstery leather can be found at around $2 per foot so don't pay too much for it.    I get lots of scrap from the NC furniture industry, and most of it is great, much of is from Italy or other European countries.

Thank you so much for the answer that really does help a lot!!!