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Where And How Do You Buy A Piece Of Leather?

lingeringsoul

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lingeringsoul

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Where do you buy some nice piece of leather from?? and what size do they usually come in??

I'm going to get my mom to make a new set of these leather thingy for the gear shift and hand brake in red stitching. Just need to find out where I can get a piece of decent sized leather from.

Help anyone?

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FineLine

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Any saddlery can provide you with whatever grade and finish of leather you could want.

Craft shops tend to keep a limited inventory of leather as they have to carry a whole heap of other crap as well.

A saddler carrys only leather.

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700HP-GTR33

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Ok,,,you buy leather in a hide.

Does not come off a roll..unless the cow has been rolled for 20 metres...lol

You can buy a Half hide from some companies..but most will try to sell you a full hide.

The prices will vary from $29 per square meter to $70 per square meter.

There are many types and grains to choice...colours and finishes.

The lower priced items up to $40 a square meter are the corrected grain type.

Corrected grain is when they re-work the surface before they dye it...normally they do this because the skin is bad.

There is also split hides available..but stay away from these.

Split hides are sliced into two....the good pieces go into making clothes and the bottom is worked and dyed and normally ends up in the Import Leather chairs...OMG...it just goes on..lol

I run a office chair manufacturing business.....we use some from time to time, so I am only giving you a brief explanation.

The product..if it is for a car..should have UV protection...this is normally more expensive than just household stuff.

How many square meters are you after....?

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