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Title: tooling leather
Post by: toot on November 18, 2008, 08:25:00 PM
I'm gonna make a back quiver.. Gonna do some tooling/stamping/ staining..

Was gonna brain tan this deer hide I just got..

Even though it may not be the easiest way to do this, my question is...

Will brain tanned deer hide/buckskin be too soft to tool, and hold a design.. Would I need a piece of veg tanned hide??

Thanks, toot
Title: Re: tooling leather
Post by: stumpsniper on November 18, 2008, 08:28:00 PM
I'm no expert, but I would think it would be too thin to tool.
Title: Re: tooling leather
Post by: melsdad on November 18, 2008, 08:32:00 PM
You can cover a piece of tooling leather with the buckskin. I don't think the deer will work to well with the tooling, and stamping.
Title: Re: tooling leather
Post by: toot on November 18, 2008, 08:55:00 PM
Thanks, guys..

toot
Title: Re: tooling leather
Post by: rbbhunt on November 18, 2008, 09:47:00 PM
You want vegetable tanned (such as Tandy's Oak Tanned) leather for tooling.