LEATHER

The tooling belt blank strip with pre-attached snaps is 1.5" wide and ranges in length from 48" to 54". It is made using heavy 8 oz. cowhide and can be stamped and dyed. It comes with instructions.

This is a traditionally brain-tanned and smoked buffalo hide. It was tanned and smoked using a traditional brain-tanning process using real veal brains. Very few people are making true brain-tanned hides any more. The hide is prepared by a European enthusiast of real leather living in Canada. It is NOT native made. This hide has a smoky smell and is supple and flexible. This is a whole hide with some holes, blemishes, and scratches on the leather. Please look at the photos closely for any...

This is a traditionally brain-tanned and smoked elk hide. This skin was tanned and smoked using a traditional brain-tanning process using real veal brains by a European man in Canada who was accepted into the Lakota Tribe. Very few people are making true brain-tanned hides any more. It is NOT being offered as Native made. This is a whole hide with some small holes, blemishes, and scratches on the leather. It has a smoky smell and is supple. Many cheaper "brain tan" hides are on the market...

This is a traditionally brain-tanned and smoked elk hide. This skin was tanned and smoked using a traditional brain-tanning process using real veal brains by a European man in Canada who was accepted into the Lakota Tribe. Very few people are making true brain-tanned hides any more. It is NOT being offered as Native made. This is a whole hide with some small holes, blemishes, and scratches on the leather. It has a smoky smell and is supple. Many cheaper "brain tan" hides are on the market...

This is a traditionally brain-tanned and smoked elk hide. This skin was tanned and smoked using a traditional brain-tanning process using real veal brains by a European man in Canada who was accepted into the Lakota Tribe. Very few people are making true brain-tanned hides any more. It is NOT being offered as Native made. This is a whole hide with some small holes, blemishes, and scratches on the leather. It has a smoky smell and is supple. Many cheaper "brain tan" hides are on the market...

This is a traditionally brain-tanned and smoked elk hide. This skin was tanned and smoked using a traditional brain-tanning process using real veal brains by a European man in Canada who was accepted into the Lakota Tribe. Very few people are making true brain-tanned hides any more. It is NOT being offered as Native made. This is a whole hide with some small holes, blemishes, and scratches on the leather. It has a smoky smell and is supple. Many cheaper "brain tan" hides are on the market...

This is a traditionally brain-tanned and smoked elk hide. This skin was tanned and smoked using a traditional brain-tanning process using real veal brains by a European man in Canada who was accepted into the Lakota Tribe. Very few people are making true brain-tanned hides any more. It is NOT being offered as Native made. This is a whole hide with some small holes, blemishes, and scratches on the leather. It has a smoky smell and is supple. Many cheaper "brain tan" hides are on the market...

This is full grain North American bison (buffalo) leather. The difference between our Buffalo Upsholstry Leather styles is in the texture and finish. These are sold by the half hides which range in size from 11 to 23 sq. ft. The Ute buffalo leather is chrome-tanned 4 oz. leather. The buffalo are not killed just for the hides. The hides are a by-product of the meat industry. Domesticated buffalo are not endangered.

This is full grain North American bison (buffalo) leather. The difference between our Buffalo Upsholstry Leather styles is in the texture and finish. These are sold by the half hides which range in size from 11 to 23 sq. ft. The buffalo are not killed just for the hides. The hides are a by-product of the meat industry. Domesticated buffalo are not endangered.

This species is not subject to CITES or USFWS controls.

This is a piece of orthopedic "elk" cow leather.  It is made of cowhide leather that is stiffer/firmer than regular cowhide leather. This leather can be used to make belts, T-straps, fork straps, and cuffs.