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Your cart is empty.About our Natural Undyed Veg Tan Cowhide Splits: * In the tanning process, when veg tan topgrain sides are processed, the underpart of the side (known as the split) is separated and sold separately. Grainy on both sides, not smooth, pieces are medium weight (ranging approximately between 3 to 4 ounce) with pleasantly firm hand. (This is NOT topgrain tooling leather with a smooth side; please see our other listings for topgrain veg tan tooling leather for that product). * Each piece is 2 SF; they are a natural light tan color, and are relatively even in thickness and consistency for splits. A lot of great leather for the money... Costs way more on the open market, if you can find it. We have shipped hundreds of these sides to happy customers all over the country. * Great for knife sheaths, pet toys, key fobs, straps, mocassins, shoe insoles, Native American crafts, strops for knife sharpening, belt and purse linings, shop aprons, fringes and trims, garment applications; inlays, repairs, pillow backings, patches, woodburnings, scout crafts, and a thousand other uses.
Robert Brunston
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2025
The leather is good! No issues. 👍
Gordie
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2025
As described.
Rebecca S
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2024
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.
NORCAL_AV8OR
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2024
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.
T.E.
Reviewed in Canada on February 6, 2023
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.
damarkn
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2023
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.
Olivier Rioux Fournier
Reviewed in Canada on December 19, 2023
Un peu plus brute que j'aurais penser. Fonctionne très bien pour l'intérieur de pièce d'artisanat. solide et légèrement flexible.
Sacras
Reviewed in Canada on August 6, 2021
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.
jimmy
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2018
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.
58 cal
Reviewed in Canada on May 13, 2017
good leather I was expecting thicker leather though. and the shipping was more than the product what happened there .
The Starosta of Isborsk
Reviewed in Canada on May 10, 2017
A very convenient product, easy to work with. Now I can resole several pairs of expensive moccasins. Three more words required you say?
John M. Purser
Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2013
But I had no idea it would be so thin. For reference, it's just about twice as thick as a paperback's cover. This surprised me because it's described as:"Great for knife sheaths, pet toys, key fobs, straps, mocassins, chaps, Native American crafts, strops for knife sharpening, rugged looking vests, belt and purse linings, shop aprons, fringes and trims, garment applications; inlays, repairs, pillow backings, patches, woodburnings, scout crafts"As far as "knife sheaths, key fobs, mocassins, chaps and strops for knife sharpening" goes I've NEVER seen leather this thin used for any of those purposes.I suppose you could make a "rugged looking vests" if you were making them for Ken Dolls. No doubt this would butch ol' Ken right up.And the rest are pretty much fabric applications and I could see how it would be useful there as it's about the thickness of canvas.Still, it is a piece of leather with a very uniform and pleasing (to my eye) finish. I'll do something with it but it's not suitable for the purpose it was purchased for.
Dirktooth
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2012
I bought a piece of this leather a couple months ago for a knife sheath I was working on. I'm extremely new to leatherworking, and wanted an inexpensive small piece to experiment with. This split was exactly what I wanted. It's softer than saddle leather, but much harder and rougher than garment leather.Keep in mind, this is NOT finished top grain -- it's a plain, undyed and unfinished split. It'll be kinda rough and hard and light-colored (think pale tan - the picture is quite dark). It's got a soft suede top side and a kinda yucky underside. I'm not sure why people keep giving bad reviews because they didn't read the description and were expecting smooth, finished top grain leather.Anyway, I finished my sheath, and it's holding together very nicely. I really like this leather.
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