Leathers

Tip: Do you want your Bible’s cover to patina, or do you want your Bible’s cover to resist scratches and scuffs? Goatskin and kangaroo leathers are two of the most resistant leathers to scratching and scuffing. Use goatskin or kangaroo leather if you prefer a more “pristine” cover. Use cowhide leather 9especially pull-up) if you want a Bible cover that will patina.

Badalassi Pull-Up Cowhide

Badalassi Pull-Up Cowhide is a waxy Vegetable Tanned Leather comes from the Badalassi Carlo Tannery in Italy. Pull Up leather is a type of leather that is colored with dyes that are sealed using natural oils and/or waxes instead of paints, pigments and top coats, which gives the leather a very soft feel. When this leather is stretched or pulled, the color migrates and becomes lighter in the pulled areas. It has a unique natural appearance which lightens in color when stretched to produce a unique worn-in effect with time. Due to this soft and scratch-sensitive finish, the leather quickly gets a beautiful vintage-patina.

Walnut Pull-up Cowhide
Olmo Pull-up Cowhide
Tobacco Pull-up Cowhide
Dark Brown Pull-up Cowhide
Red Pull-up Cowhide
Bordeaux Pull-up Cowhide
Pink Pull-up Cowhide
Olive Pull-up Cowhide
Steel Gray Pull-up Cowhide
Navy Blue Pull-up Cowhide
Golden Yellow
Turquoise
Natural
Cognac
Violet
Black

Capra Granulosa Goatskin

Capra Granuloso has a natural grainy character which is very attractive. The grain is naturally obtained, with no artificial graining techniques to hide grain defects such as plating, embossing, etc . Goatskin is a very flexible, yet tough leather that resists scratching and scuffing.

Black Capra Granulosa
Navy Capra Granulosa
Forrest Green Capra Granulosa
British Tan Capra Granulosa
Teracotta Capra Granulosa
Brown Capra Granulosa
Red Capra Granulosa
Crimson Capra Granulosa
Gray Capra Granulosa
Purple Capra Granulosa

Double Shot Pull-Up Cowhide

Double Shot is a new pull-up cowhide leather from the Seidel Tannery in the USA. It is known for its beautiful pull up, smooth finish and buttery hand. This article is full grain and has a nice supple feel with healthy amount of firmness.

One of its best attributes is the pull-up, this comes from a unique multiple hot wax process that infuses the wax into the leather. The end result is a beautiful and rich leather that shows its pull-up as you open the fibers when folding the leather. This leather will patina over time.

Black Double Shot
British Tan Double Shot (Please Note: Seidel calls this British Tan, but it is a darker brown. Seidel Natural is closest to a British Tan you are more accustomed to.)
Chocolate Double Shot
Emerald Double Shot
Please Note: Natural Double Shot (This color is closer to British Tan than the leather Seidel calls British Tan, which is a dark brown.)
Oxblood Double Shot
Sapphire Blue Double Shot

Sokoto Traditional Goatskin

Sokoto Traditional goatskin is produced from Nigerian skins, among the most desirable and expensive goat skins available world wide. Sokoto Traditional goatskin leather is known worldwide as the finest available goatskin for Bible rebinding. Goatskin is a very flexible, yet tough leather that resists scratching and scuffing.