2020 Catalog | Springfield Leather Co.

LEATHER

Skiving: similar to splitting, skiving is reducing the weight of the leather. Most often, thinning leather by hand is referred to as skiving, while splitting is mostly done with a machine. Skiving is also generally done on a smaller scale - you’ll skive a project but you’ll split a full hide or side. Projects are often skived to shape or even out leather. The two can be considered as interchangeable terms, but each comes with its own connotation. Side (or Side Leather): Half of a full cowhide, cut right up the backbone. In general, sides run about 18 to 22 square feet of total surface area. Snuffed: Leather that has had the grain surface abraded with brushes, emery wheel or sandpaper. It is done to remove defective grain or for sueding the surface of leather. Suede: Split leather that has been buffed and brushed to create a fuzzy, velvet like surface feel. Tooling : Tooling is the art of carving patterns in leather using stamps and other tools. Tooling is typically done on vegetable tanned leather and can take a lot of practice Top Coat: A transparent, protective c oating applied to the leather surface. May also impart luster to the surface. Top Grain: Leather whose top (outermost) layers have been left intact, in contrast to split leather. This leather is more durable than split leather.

Two-Tone (tone-on-tone): An effect created by applying layers of similar or contrasting dyes to a piece of leather in order to create a mottled or aged appearance. Antiqued and Sauvaged leathers are examples of two-tone leather.

Upholstery Leather: Leather (usually chrome tanned) created from a whole hide and intended for use in furniture, automobiles, airplanes, etc. Because of the versatility of this leather, it can be used in many, many applications other than upholstery purposes such as handbags, etc. Often embossed or printed and commonly found in lighter weights. Weight: A term which describes the heaviness or thickness of leather. The weight of leather is measured in ounces per square foot.The standard term for the “thickness” of leather is ounces, but the thickness can be referred to in millimeters as well.

Leather Thickness The measurement of the thickness of leather is measured in several formats: Ounces (1 ounce = 1/64 inch) Millimeters (1 mm = 0.03937 inch) Irons (1 iron = 1/48 inch): The Leather Conversion Chart shown here should give you a pretty good idea of general leather thicknesses.

Leather Conversion Chart

Weight

Thickness

Ounces

Inches Decimal (in)

Millimeters Irons

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

1/64 1/32 3/64 1/16 5/64 3/32 7/64

0.016 0.031 0.047 0.063 0.078 0.094 0.109 0.125 0.141 0.156 0.172

0.4 0.8 1.2 1.6 2.4 2.8 3.2 3.6 2

0.75

1.5

2.25

3

3.75

4.5

5.25

1/8

6

9/64 5/32

6.75

10 11

4

7.5

11/64

4.4

8.25

12

3/16

0.188

4.8

9

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13

13/64

0.203

5.2

9.75

14

7/32

0.219

5.6

10.5

15

15/64

0.234

6

11.25

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