Looking for leather, advice please.

[Robbi]

evening all,

i'm looking to buy some leather, i know what i want but have no idea what to look for or even if its available, so some advice would be good.

i'm looking for some brown treated ( read shiney one side ) stiff / rigid leather of no more than 1.5mm thickness.

any names / links / what the leather is called etc ( ie: point me straight at what i want, not ....go to leprevo as i have no clue what to look for ) would be great.

thanks for any pointers.

 

[Gill]

Hi Robbi whats it to b used for buddy?

 

[Robbi]

Gill........your inbox if full mate.

 

[Gill]

cleared mate .

 

[Cade]

Sorry to hijack this thread but i'm also looking at getting some leather for an axe mask but there are so many choices i'm confused

can someone help me and give me some advice?

not looking at expensive leather it will be my first project so just looking at getting started

how does the weight of the leather equate to the thinkness interms of mm?

i.e. 5-6oz is what in mm?

 

[Tadpole]

5.5 oz is 2mm (roughly 5/64th of an inch)

 

[decorum]

... how does the weight of the leather equate to the thinkness interms of mm?

i.e. 5-6oz is what in mm?

I stuck this conversion table up a while back ...

The basis of a leather's thickness/weight is: 1oz is equal to 1/64" is equal to 0.39mm. For each ounce, leather thickens by this basic amount ~ so a 9oz leather will be 9/64"/3.57mm.

Most veg-tan leather will be quoted as being between weights ~ i.e 8 to 10oz / 3.2 to 4mm*. This slight variation in the thickness of a piece of leather is entirely normal.

* It stays in line with the basic measure as listed above - but there will always be the need for rounding of numbers.

' Well ... You get the jist .

Hope it helps (And, before someone asks, yes I have seen leather of 1" thickness )

 

[Cade]

http://www.claytonleather.com/thicknesstable.htm ah this is useful for a comparision for mm to oz

 

[Cade]

how does this look for the price?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Leather-S...UK_Crafts_Leathercraft_LE&hash=item3cc5e9c964

i know its a lot of leather but looks a resonable price please tell me if i'm WAY wrong

 

[mountainm]

Give Claytons tannery in Chesterfield a call and ask what they've got discounted at the moment.