Leather - finishes, firmness and form help needed

[Corso]

So I have a few different projects in mind and I'm struggling to find suitable leather, I understand some of the differences in origin weight and thickness but I am at a bit of a loss as to some of the finer points.

One of my intended projects is a Notebook caddie similar to this one



I can find leather that has the same worn in look which works but its much thicker and still seems to be less ridged.

Can anyone advise what I should be looking for in leather if I want thin yet ridged?

 

[Brandon-C]

I'm no expert leather worker but make sure the leather is full gain this keeps the top layer of skin on the leather and makes it more ridged. Also if you are only looking at preworn leather then you might have better luck looking at veg tan leather and finishing it yourself with dye.

 

[Jared]

Ah saw them mentioned on EDCF recently. They do look nice. P&P was silly though.

 

[Hibrion]

The two best ways to harden leather are water hardening and hot waxing. It's always best to begin with a good quality top grain veg tan leather.
For this, you should get more than enough rigidity by wet moulding the two front pouches.

 

[brancho]

If you want a leather that is totally rigid but thin halftanned leather will do the job

This was made from halftanned leather wet moulded to shape and it is rigid

Chris K&S 7 by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[tim_n]

1.5-2mm veg tan shoulder & medium brown dye would probably get you where you want to go. Looks like waxed cotton thread. It ought to be plenty stiff.

 

[Corso]

thanks for all the advice I will order some bits and give it a go

 

[leaky5]

1.5-2mm veg tan shoulder & medium brown dye would probably get you where you want to go. Looks like waxed cotton thread. It ought to be plenty stiff.

+1 for this idea



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