One Inch wide black leather scraps or pieces
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DaveB
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One Inch wide black leather scraps or pieces
I need a couple of pieces of 1" wide black leather used is fine if its not to dry and hard. Does some one have a old broken front top strap for a 1911-12? Need a 8" and a 16" 17" piece if longer that's great . Thanking you in advance for checking and any leads. Dave
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Re: One Inch wide black leather scraps or pieces
What about hitting the thrift stores?
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Re: One Inch wide black leather scraps or pieces
Scraps from a saddle shop will be cheap or free.
The inevitable often happens.
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Re: One Inch wide black leather scraps or pieces
Saddle shops
Upolstry shops
Second hand stores
Craft stores
Maybe find a few belts that are real leather.
Upolstry shops
Second hand stores
Craft stores
Maybe find a few belts that are real leather.
Just a 20 year old who listens to 40 year old music, works on 75 year old airplanes and drives 100 year old cars.
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Re: One Inch wide black leather scraps or pieces
I've used the strap on lady's handbags purchased for under $5 at Hospice, Goodwill, or thrift stores.
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Re: One Inch wide black leather scraps or pieces
Amazon sells leather really cheap in various colors and lengths
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Re: One Inch wide black leather scraps or pieces
Roadkill is a good source. A mate of mine calls the lounge suites left on the kerb for anyone to collect roadkill. I have a mass of salvaged black leather from a 4 seater lounge suite in my stash, enough to do the upholstery in my 1/2 ton lorry if I ever get around to it.
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Re: One Inch wide black leather scraps or pieces
I use Men's waist belts from Walmart. Dennis
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Re: One Inch wide black leather scraps or pieces
David:
The next time you are in the Twin Cities, go to Tandy Leather at 8901 Penn Ave in Bloomington. In addition to their regular leather stock, they also sell miscellaneous pieces of scrap leather in various sizes and thickness.
https://tandyleather.com/pages/tandy-le ... ZThFFkcbbF
You can dye the leather with Fiebing's Black Leather Dye. It's getting harder to find at local shoe repair places but it is readily available online. Also, Fleet Farm in Lakeville might carry it in the shoe/boot department and/or horse care/tack and saddle area.
Unfortunately, the best place for getting leather straps cut and shaved to desired thickness was Schatzlein Saddle Shop on Lake Street in Minneapolis but they closed in 2022 after being in business for 115 years. That's where my father went for various projects over the years.
The next time you are in the Twin Cities, go to Tandy Leather at 8901 Penn Ave in Bloomington. In addition to their regular leather stock, they also sell miscellaneous pieces of scrap leather in various sizes and thickness.
https://tandyleather.com/pages/tandy-le ... ZThFFkcbbF
You can dye the leather with Fiebing's Black Leather Dye. It's getting harder to find at local shoe repair places but it is readily available online. Also, Fleet Farm in Lakeville might carry it in the shoe/boot department and/or horse care/tack and saddle area.
Unfortunately, the best place for getting leather straps cut and shaved to desired thickness was Schatzlein Saddle Shop on Lake Street in Minneapolis but they closed in 2022 after being in business for 115 years. That's where my father went for various projects over the years.
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DaveB
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Re: One Inch wide black leather scraps or pieces
Thanks for all the reply's & suggestions .I was able to get what I needed from family that's raised Percheron's and involved with horse pulling. I wanted old not new . Thanks Erik Did not know Tandy still had a business in the Twin Cities.