Choosing the Correct Leather for Your Project Made Easy

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Free PDF patterns and more at https://claridgeleather.com/ • Buying leather can feel overwhelming! The purpose of this video is to define some basic leather terminology so you can feel more confident when buying leather for your next project. • We'll cover the big three terms you'll encounter as you hunt for your hide: weight, temper, and tannage. We will discuss these categories in easy-to-understand terms so that even if this is your first time shopping for leather, you will have a much better idea what you're looking for. • As always, THANK YOU for watching, and please let me know in the comments if you have questions about anything in this video OR if you have ideas for future videos! • Have Fun! • Tanner • 0:00 Intro • 0:52 Weight of Leather (How thick is it?) • 2:20 Temper of Leather (Firm, soft, or somewhere in the middle?) • 3:10 Tannage of Leather (Chrome tanned, vegetable tanned, etc.) • 5:09 Unique qualities of veg tan tooling leather • 5:43 Other characteristics of leather... (color, finish, feel ...) • 6:21 Closing gratitude

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