Leather Side Piece Veg Tan Split Medium Weight 12 X 24 Inches 2 Square Feet

I bought a 12 x 24" split and made a forearm extension for a welding glove I use for tending the firebox in my smoker. The split I received was great, very tough and had a great smell to boot. I would definitely order again when I need a utility piece of leather.Anyone who says this is fake leather is just not familiar with the various parts of leather. This is absolutely a real (and good quality) SPLIT of leather.Understand that this is a leather SPLIT. It has been split away from the top grain. That means there is not a smooth side. However you can burnish it to greatly reduce the rough texture if you need, and more so if you use something like Tokonole to burnish it. You can also dip it in hot wax for very good protection from moisture.Before you buy this, study up on the complete structure of tanned hide (aka leather) and what the difference is between the top grain and the lower grains (where splits come from).Sometimes a rough finish is very desirable. First of all you never have to worry about scratching it. It has a lot of grip so if you are using it for an inside the waistband holster, it will definitely stay in place as you move or draw. It is also good for knife sheaths that will actually be used, or wrapping the handles of tools that need more girth but with grip - however it is not ideal for showpieces. It is also probably not great for purses or wallets, unless you like a very utilitarian wallet.It is perfect to use any place where you need a piece of leather that may not be seen, like a midsole, or any place where it will be subjected to rough handling or hard use.And yes it can be tooled, though you probably will not get much detail. I have included a pic where I stamped the glove extension with a few different 3D stamps after casing the leather. This was done weeks before the photo and after much use, and they still look like the day I stamped them.

These are very high-quality leather pieces, much better than I had expected for the price. No funny chemical smells or strange unknown dyes that bleed, just plain normal leather. Vegetable tanning is by far a superior method of processing leather, especially when compared to the modern harmful chemical methods that ruin the leather. Leather is a natural material that is perfect for people with allergies or sensitivities to synthetic materials such as neoprene. Leather is breathable and when used in footwear doesn't have that awful 'sneaker' smell, so it is actually much healthier than its alternatives. And no one has yet to come up with a product or material that is actually better for one's health or for the environment than leather, which is a natural and renewable resource. In other words, no one has yet improved on nature.I purchased this to replace the leather insoles on a pair of older boots that I cannot find replacement insoles for. I just put the worn insole on top and traced it lightly and then cut it out with heavy-duty scissors (regular household scissors won't do a good job if they are even able to cut leather at all). The boots had a unique shape so generic ones wouldn't fit them as precisely I would have liked. They have held up well and it has been over a year now.The leather I received was thick and stiff, perfect for what I needed as I wanted something durable that would last but they also sell smoother leather that is more pliant which is known as tooling leather. I have some leftover and there is no limit to what you can use this leather for so be creative!Thank you for taking the time to read this review and if you have found it at all helpful, please let me know by voting below.

I needed a thin split to use inside covers of very sharp tool protectors. It's the middle layer between top grain outer covers. Perfect for my application.

It is leather and the size it specified. It has a very rough texture on both sides. I was hoping to make a nice bag with it, but I will have to get different leather. The texture is that of particle board, and it is very thin. I can use this for insoles for my shoes. But if you actually want to make a project with this, you will be disappointed. Get different leather. Suede is thicker than this product. It honestly looks like fine cork. The piece I received also had flaws. Don't buy this product.

It right except it is very thin on one side. More like 1 oz not 3 or 4

I see others have had a similar purpose for this product, so maybe my experience will be helpful.One of my feet is a C width and the other is an A, so I buy C's for the wider foot and reduce the effective width of the shoe for the "A" foot with an insole. Depending on the last, sometimes the commercial insoles I tried were too thick, making the shoe feel too tight. So I had the idea of cutting my own thinner insole out of this piece of leather, which is about the right thickness (2 mm) and seemed stiff enough not to crumple in use. Using a commercial insole as a pattern, I traced out the shape on the leather. When cutting, I made the insole a little larger than the outline. Then I put the new insole into the shoe and noted where it was too wide. Lastly, I trimmed the insole and re-tried it until the fit was the shape needed for this particular shoe.To cut the leather, at first I used an Xacto knife with a fresh blade. The result was a bit messy--the outline was hard to follow precisely. Then I tried sharpened, heavy-duty scissors to do the job and found them much more controllable.Anyway, it worked! Plenty of leather was left over. So, I made additional insoles for other pairs of shoes. Now I can keep the insoles where they are and not have to swap them when changing to a different pair of shoes.

What ever I made with this must have gone off without a hitch because I don't remember using it... but then again I do a lot of crafts and this was probably just thrown into the mix.

Un peu plus brute que j'aurais penser. Fonctionne très bien pour l'intérieur de pièce d'artisanat. solide et légèrement flexible.

A very convenient product, easy to work with. Now I can resole several pairs of expensive moccasins. Three more words required you say?

good leather I was expecting thicker leather though. and the shipping was more than the product what happened there .

It was rolled to look like it had a nice smooth surface. When I unrolled it, it was terrible on 75% of one side. It will take a lot of work to make it usable. Won't buy again.