What kind of leather to learn with

[Spyros]

I'm with Mr Samalan above

Figure out what is the best leather for your projects, start with that and stick with it until you're satisfied your projects look the best they can.  If that makes you nervous you don't need to start with big projects that need a lot of leather, you can learn every single technique by making watch straps, key holders, small pouches.    Don't start cheap, start small to keep the cost of errors down. 

You'll find good quality leather* burnishes differently, interacts differently with finishes, stretches and cuts differently, the flesh side looks different, and generally gives you different options.  Note, I didn't say necessarily better or easier, I said different.  So, learning how to do those things on cheap leather means you'll have to re-learn them later, and what's the point of that?

I understanding getting a bag of cheap offcuts to practice stitching, but once you're happy with your stitching I'd go straight to the good stuff for everything else.

*Good quality sometimes means simply getting the better cuts of the hide, eg bend instead of shoulder, shoulder instead of belly etc.

Edited November 4, 2021 by Spyros

[Samalan]

Spyros thanks for helping out you said everything I should have said LOL good advice my friend .

[Warhauk]

Great advice everybody. It has definitely helped me out.