Another carcass skinned

[neilwragg]

Skinned another sofa, no change down the back of it though.

The wood will be for the Cubs campfire and the leather will be kit bags, rucksacks and pouches. Anyone want one!

 

[Ruud]

I bet you held the knife with your index-finger near the point like skinning is done for real

 

[neilwragg]

Yes but I drew the line at frying the foam for dinner.

 

[humdrum_hostage]

How did you snare your prize Catch?

 

[neilwragg]

How did you snare your prize Catch?

once everyone knows that you want leather, there seems to be an endless supply of people asking you to take away their old leather sofas.
Think that just having a van and doing removals would be more profitable!

 

[John Fenna]

I have an "Arrangement" with our local recycling centre - I got a pair of embossed tripod stool covers, two old leather satchels and a small piece of upholstery leather for a swap of a used Buff yesterday.... but that was about 3 months worth of leather!
I also have Charity Shops save leather coats and bags that are too damaged to sell (broken zips, split seams etc) and I take them away for a donation...
Friends have given me sofas before - on the proviso that I take everything and the remains are mine to take to the tip!

There is leather out there if you look hard

 

[neilwragg]

Friends have given me sofas before - on the proviso that I take everything and the remains are mine to take to the tip!

yes, I have a sofa carcass, depleted of anything usable, strapped to the top of the Land Rover at the moment, would make an excellent safari viewing platform if I was in Africa! Means I can make these though...

 

[John Fenna]

Very nice

 

[neilwragg]

Made one bag out of it so far...

 

[Stevie777]

I have made several bags and other stuff from Sofa's.
I carry a Stanley Blade with be at all times just in case i spot one having a nap somewhere then i go in for the kill.

My next project will be a Leather water carrier, i'll use the shiny side on the inside of the carrier, stitch it and pine pitch seal it, though i'm not sure how the water will taste after years of people farting on the leather and i'm sure the leather has been treated with chemicals at some stage.
Maybe not a great idea, but i'll give it a go as i'm confident i can boil the fartiness out of the water at camp.

 

[Dreadhead]

I have made several bags and other stuff from Sofa's.
I carry a Stanley Blade with be at all times just in case i spot one having a nap somewhere then i go in for the kill.

My next project will be a Leather water carrier, i'll use the shiny side on the inside of the carrier, stitch it and pine pitch seal it, though i'm not sure how the water will taste after years of people farting on the leather and i'm sure the leather has been treated with chemicals at some stage.
Maybe not a great idea, but i'll give it a go as i'm confident i can boil the fartiness out of the water at camp.

I would be careful with that. We had some chrome-tan sealskin which we were going to use to carry water and drink from whilst on a stone-age sailing trip. We called the tannery and they screamed straight away don't drink from it you'll die! so we ended up using veg tan moose skin instead. I think some upholstery leather would be chrome/alum tan?

 

[Stevie777]

I would be careful with that. We had some chrome-tan sealskin which we were going to use to carry water and drink from whilst on a stone-age sailing trip. We called the tannery and they screamed straight away don't drink from it you'll die! so we ended up using veg tan moose skin instead. I think some upholstery leather would be chrome/alum tan?

Cheers for the heads up..I knew they used chemicals when tanning just didn't know what kind. Dodged a bullet there me thinks. Thanks, i scrap that idea for now until i get my hands on a fresh deer skin.

 

[Dreadhead]

Cheers for the heads up..I knew they used chemicals when tanning just didn't know what kind. Dodged a bullet there me thinks. Thanks, i scrap that idea for now until i get my hands on a fresh deer skin.

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[Dreadhead]

yes, I have a sofa carcass, depleted of anything usable, strapped to the top of the Land Rover at the moment, would make an excellent safari viewing platform if I was in Africa! Means I can make these though...

very nice work there