Contributing Member LatigoAmigo Posted March 23, 2020 Contributing Member Report Posted March 23, 2020 49 minutes ago, ScottEnglish said: Any thoughts on using belly leather for insoles? You would want the insole material to lay flat, and that might be hard for the belly leather to do. Quote
Contributing Member Ferg Posted March 23, 2020 Contributing Member Report Posted March 23, 2020 You do realize with normal shoes you need to use leather for the uppers that is not thicker than 2mm. You are trying to make moccasins I understand. That allows you to use some inferior leather but I wouldn't use belly leather for anything on any shoe style. Ferg Quote
Members ScottEnglish Posted March 23, 2020 Author Members Report Posted March 23, 2020 Thanks again LatigoAmigo for your input. To my novice eyes the quality of the leather on the side looks equal all over! So much to learn. There are no stretch marks near the belly edge as chrishash mentioned but he did say normally there would be rather than there definitely will be. Ferg, thanks for your comment as well. The leather side I bought apparently varies from 1.5mm - 2.0mm so the thickness, it's chrome tanned too, should be fine for making footwear. Scott Quote
Contributing Member LatigoAmigo Posted March 23, 2020 Contributing Member Report Posted March 23, 2020 1 hour ago, ScottEnglish said: ...stretch marks near the belly edge... There are many variations in leather, so this is probably true, but I have never seen stretch marks on the belly of any hide that I've ever owned. Quote
alexitbe Posted March 25, 2020 Report Posted March 25, 2020 for shoes the insoles are typically made out of 3mm thick veg tan belly.... because its cheaper leather The upper is usually chrome tanned leather of about 1.2mm thickness.... I have not heard of any professional using veg tan for uppers... Quote
Members ScottEnglish Posted April 1, 2020 Author Members Report Posted April 1, 2020 Thanks for your comment alexitbe. It's worth my knowing that thicker vegetable-tanned belly leather is used for insoles. I appreciate your mentioning this. Quote
Members ryano Posted January 5, 2021 Members Report Posted January 5, 2021 On 4/1/2020 at 3:50 PM, ScottEnglish said: Thanks for your comment alexitbe. It's worth my knowing that thicker vegetable-tanned belly leather is used for insoles. I appreciate your mentioning this. The reason for using belly leather is that you want the insole (the leather against your foot) to conform to your foot. Did you ever make your shoes, if so, how did they turn out? Quote
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