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Author Topic: Leather Thickness Chart / ounce to thickness  (Read 3503 times)

Offline Ohio Joe

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Leather Thickness Chart / ounce to thickness
« on: February 11, 2019, 01:48:11 PM »
I found this and thought it might be worth sharing in case anyone had any questions of the how thick certain "ounce" leather is.

https://rusticleather.com/LeatherThicknessChart.html
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Re: Leather Thickness Chart / ounce to thickness
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2019, 05:10:25 PM »
Here is another trick:


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Re: Leather Thickness Chart / ounce to thickness
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2019, 07:40:14 PM »
Well how 'bout that. Never knew this. Thanks Riley!  :bl th up
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Re: Leather Thickness Chart / ounce to thickness
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2019, 09:00:10 PM »
Here is another trick:



I buy quite a bit of, leather, buckskin, buffalo hide, and rawhide, from the Leather Guy.

He's a great guy to do business with.  :hairy

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Re: Leather Thickness Chart / ounce to thickness
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2019, 09:53:55 PM »
New one on me.
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Offline Winter Hawk

Re: Leather Thickness Chart / ounce to thickness
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2019, 02:38:59 PM »
I'm looking for, what Tandy called blacksmith leather 25-30 years ago.  While on their site I found this which fits right in with what OJ posted:

https://www.tandyleather.com/en/leather-buying-guide.html

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