Hello,
I think about how we can make one page contain our leather hides recommendation.
Some Leather websites don't tell much details about the leather hides for selling so it will be great if we could share our best tanners, tanning type, over here with some pictures and details like: temper, finishing, patina, looks, etc...
I think its better to give our opinions and recommendation about leather hides we are using over our leather craft journey.
I will tell mine by tomorrow...
Lets have some recommendation with thanks!
May I offer an opinion to just try different leathers? I find that much of the leather community works with leathers that they see online or are recommended from "influencers", and I think that can stifle the use of many other beautiful leathers that are out there. I know there are a great many different leathers that can be found in the Consorzio Vera Pelle Italiana Conciata Al Vegetale, but only a few from a few of the tanneries are available in the US, but many of the others are available in other countries. So, I say experiment! You might just find something that you really like that a million other people aren't already using!
I just began the craft in February 2022 .. and am a big fan of veg tan leather, but over time i realized that chrome tan should be with my options in the craft.
I've never buy good chrome tan that i can recommend, but for the veg i had best two which is Buttero Leather & Pueblo Leather.
For Buttero Leather, it has a great looking and good colors, temper is normal and patina is great, dyed over the flesh side and very well to work with in the craft.
For Pueblo Leather, great texture, temper is below normal, patina very quick, dyed over the flesh side, but it will not be my daily options.
My next will be Shell Cordovan and Swift Pomari.
This is Buttero.
This is Pueblo.
I use mostly hide house as I have a complete sample book with over 3,000 types of leather in stock I also get some pig skin from weaver leather as they are nice size and can also go to Tandy Leather in person For small exotics skins
great idea mine to follow soon