What Kind of Leather Should You Use?
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What Kind of Leather Should You Use?
We're diving deep into the fascinating world of leather tanning. If you're curious about how leather gets its unique characteristics, you've come to the right place. We'll explore the different types of tannages and how they impact the final product.
Discover the traditional method using natural tannins from plants. Learn about its eco-friendly benefits and the rich, earthy tones it produces. Find out why Chrome Tanning is the most popular method. We discuss its efficiency, durability, and the bright colors it can achieve. Learn how combining different methods can produce leather with unique properties, balancing the best of multiple tannages.
Understanding leather tannages can help you make informed decisions whether you're a consumer, a leatherworker, or simply a leather enthusiast. Each tanning method offers distinct advantages and characteristics, influencing the quality, appearance, and durability of the leather.
The Tanner Leatherstein channel, actually teaches about the tannery side of leatherwork and what the different qualities are and how to determine them. He also recommends and suggests people watch your channel to learn how to make things with leather and he tries to promote artisan leatherworkers over the luxury name brands by ripping products apart and estimating if your really getting quality or just paying for the brands status.😊
1. "Not an expert on tannage." Proceeds to deliver a master's intro on the topic. Excellent!
2. Love working with bison. The blade and straight edge are the way to go. The hides tend be a little... gummier? and I find that it wants to run away from scissors.
3. I may be wrong, but I had thought that most (US at least) leathers started as "wet blue", basically a first pass chrome tan, then into any of the tannages you mentioned.
Thank you again, for an excellent video. You’re the only maker that has consistently kept me interested in the craft and your videos always seem to answer questions I find myself asking. Just wanted to let you know that what you do is appreciated!
I made a backpack out of chrome tanned leather a year ago and use it everyday and it hasn't changed any color and has no patina yet. Wished I had used veg can. also, you can't really burnish the edges on chrome tan :(
Thanks for the video!
Eric: I was also led to believe that making any kind of sheath that will touch metal is not to be chrome tanned. Even though chrome tanned leather is rinse thouroughly, there is still a chance that the left over salts can discolor your metal inside the sheath. Veg tanned only. I do think that Chrome Excel does not behave this way since it is both tanned methods. Horween apparently has perfected the half and half technique. Thanks again.
Loving the new video format!❤
Vegetable tanned leather smells better than chrome.
Infinitely so
The thing I love about leather is that no matter how wet or dirty, it always still smells great
I’m going to be honest here. I love the supple feel of chrome tanned leather.
For just practicing, I've got decent results with cheap bison/buffalo on amazon. Generally my practice stuff Is the cheapest "economy grade" veg tan I can find online.
Do you have any tips on working with goat leather?
Thanks for sharing.
Hello!! would you be available to answer a few newbie questions for me regarding the finish surface quality of my leathers?
Great video, great info, thank you !!
😂😂😂 whenever i watch a video that has the word Patina in it. My cat always comes up to me thinking someone is calling her. I'm an Sumi-e artist by trade so when i got her I named her Patina because she is a brindle colored cat and the mix of black orange gray and brown looks like she has a patina.
Many thanks for an excellent explanation of the tanning process.
On a different note, I am hoping for some advice. I have your _"Blade Holder"_ and I love the balance and feel. It has transformed "my cuts" but, the blade keeps coming loose. This can happen even after two or three cuts with it. I've tried gently tightening it with pliers (grips) but to no avail. Please, what am I doing wrong?
I have an old saddleback leather wallet. They use chrome tanned and it's gotten so dark now that it looks like a very dark brown when it used to be a tobacco color. So I'm a bit confused when you say chrome gets lighter because it hasn't for my case.
If there are any other inputs - staining, indigo, exposure to moisture, etc, those can darken the leather. Without those you'd see the leather get lighter over time. Basically it's not the leather itself getting darker, it's things making the leather darker. Veg tan tans like skin in the sun, the material itself phsically gets darker even when died many colors - that's the difference.
. . . . . . .... you said ."PENETRATION". 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣