Strips of vegetable-tanned colored saddle leather.

Vegetable-tanned colored saddle leather was originally used for harnesses, which made guiding animals easier. Also for "powering" machines, think of drive belts. Today, saddle leather finds other uses as well.

The leather used is often but not always a clear, neutral, oily, cow leather, which has great elasticity and tear resistance. The leather is usually vegetable tanned. Thicknesses can range from 1.5 mm. to as much as 4.0 mm. Vegetable tanned colored saddle leather is now available in many colors.

Depending on which part of the skin is used, you get to deal with dossets, croupons or necks. In terms of colors, there are of course the standard colors, such as black, cognac, dark brown, but increasingly we see many more fashionable colors appearing. The finished product is often a stiff, sturdy leather that becomes more supple with time and use. It can develop a very nice sheen with time. In fact, it can also last indefinitely over time.

What is the best way to maintain this leather?

The maintenance for this harness leather is fairly simple. You don't want to do too much to it. Certainly don't treat it with aggressive cleaning agents. At first, just use a damp cloth to clean it. If you find that the leather starts to look drier over time, you can rub it a little with a normal natural leather grease. That will be able to make it a little more supple and maybe also make the color a shade darker.

Strips

We cut the strips to size for you. You can select the dimensions yourself. You can choose the width. The length will always be at least 115.0 cm, in practice often a little longer. You can then cut the strip to size yourself. If the standard strips are not the width you are looking for, please let us know and we will see what we can do for you.