Members machinehead Posted June 27, 2017 Members Report Posted June 27, 2017 (edited) I believe that this leather is actually water buffalo and not American bison. It may be vegetable tanned, but it has a fairly thick top coat which gives it a semi crackle effect. If it is veg tan you could try to wet the flesh side before attempting to stamp it, but the top coat may not fair too well with heat or with wetting the piece or this coating might prohibit a clear impression. It may be best to use this leather for another purpose. Edited June 27, 2017 by machinehead ommision Quote
Members bristolbrandedleatherco Posted June 27, 2017 Author Members Report Posted June 27, 2017 Thank you so much for your responses on this. Just for kicks, I tried it with heat and a 1 ton arbor press. Here is my result. I'm fairly pleased with these but I'm not sure if they sunk into the leather as much as I would've hoped. What do you all think? Quote
Members bristolbrandedleatherco Posted June 29, 2017 Author Members Report Posted June 29, 2017 thanks again to everyone who helped me figure this out. I just had to heat the stamp up a bit more and leave the pressure on it a bit longer. They turned out better that I had hoped Quote
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