Leather made from the hides of polar reindeer is particularly soft yet highly durable and shapeable at the same time. This makes it ideal for making shoes, gloves, hats and other articles of clothing as well as for a variety of other leather-working projects. Whole hides, red-brown.
This leather, deriving from the free-range sheep of the Luneburg heath, is a real rarity. By raising the sheep in a species-appropriate manner and tanning the hide with a rhabarb-based tincture, this leather is as smooth as silk and exceedingly tear-resistant. Ideal for clothing, purses, bags, shoe lining and handle wrappings. Whole hide.
I bought two whole hides from this sheep leather since I figured out hat only one would not make a single project i.e. a pair of moccasins. It is quite small in area so keep an eye on the specifications.
This sheep leather is used for lining. Lining is done throughout this project so all three parts of the shoe, bottom leather part, the vamp and the back part all have lining. Particularly for the back part I used the second sheep's hide which was a bit thicker for sturdiness.
Both leather parts are glued together and some of them are also stitched at their edge. Stitching is done for the upper part of the back leather of the shoe at its edge. No other part is stitched as its edges so this is a risk I took. Especially for the bottom leather part at its edges.
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