Veg tan recommendations?

[cjartist]

57 minutes ago, Dun said:

Does it also dye and burnish like regular veg tan?

Yes to the dying.  I haven't tried to burnish it.  It would be a bit floppy, but should work.

[YinTx]

On 5/12/2017 at 2:46 PM, Dun said:

$2 a foot doesn't sound like much of a save, but I'm hurting enough monetarily that $40 actually does sound good??? Maybe I just need to find a similar colored, but not tooling quality, leather? No idea where to start there. 

Thanks! By the bye, what isn't heavy enough for a case

"Laminating"? 

 

Thanks again. I hope I don't sound like I'm not wanting to take your advice, I'm just a maximizer and like to know all options and mistakes  before I make them.

Mike

Try the Leather and Lace for sale section on Leatherworker?  Just sayin.. .you might find a piece or two you could make an offer on around there...

YinTx

[Brianm77]

I second that.  nstarleather sells quite a bit of stuff there and is a pleasure to deal with.  I have bought some Essex (from horween) a couple times and it may fit the bill of your milled/tumbled.  It has been nearly as flexible as the mill tanned chap leather that I have bought.  I would send a pm, maybe there is some to be had  

I have also bought a bunch of stuff from a local boot, saddle and general leather work shop.  I have bought scrap and several square feet off of a side. So that might be an option. 

Edited May 30, 2017 by Brianm77

[Dun]

On 5/28/2017 at 4:10 PM, YinTx said:

Try the Leather and Lace for sale section on Leatherworker?  Just sayin.. .you might find a piece or two you could make an offer on around there...

YinTx

Thanks! Still so new I hadn't seen that subforum yet.
 

 

On 5/29/2017 at 7:55 PM, Brianm77 said:

I second that.  nstarleather sells quite a bit of stuff there and is a pleasure to deal with.  I have bought some Essex (from horween) a couple times and it may fit the bill of your milled/tumbled.  It has been nearly as flexible as the mill tanned chap leather that I have bought.  I would send a pm, maybe there is some to be had  

I have also bought a bunch of stuff from a local boot, saddle and general leather work shop.  I have bought scrap and several square feet off of a side. So that might be an option. 

Hmm, norco isn't too far and that is a horse town...thanks, I need to take a look.

I'm honestly wondering if there are enough SoCal people on here that a bulk order could be done with a meet up?

[Brianm77]

http://leatherworker.net/forum/forum/78-leather-and-lace/

 

have a look here

[BenjaminEstberg]

Maybe try The Hide House out of Napa Valley to source leather. Ask for Rodger, he is our sales person. Good stuff. For Chrome tanned we use Eureka Leather in Rancho Cordova Ca.  Hope this can be of some help.

Ben