Cowhide leather – Double Butts, tan

100% vegetable-tanned leather from high-quality cowhide, dyed, but delivered without surface treatment and unsoftened. Thanks to its firmness and less flexible structure, it suits saddlery, strap-making, and leatherworking products where durability and quality are essential.

Decorating and finishing

You can further decorate the leather according to your needs. Because the colour is not fixed from the factory, we strongly recommend treating the grain side with a suitable finish after completing your product. This will prevent potential colour bleeding, while giving the product its final look and long-lasting durability.

What to expect from the grain side

What sets it apart from our Czech-sourced hides is mainly the character of the grain side, which reflects the natural life of cattle raised in semi-wild conditions in South America.

On the grain side, you will commonly find branding marks (a typical feature of Argentine hides), and occasionally minor imperfections such as scratches or holes. For this reason, it is important to account for an average yield of approximately 70–89%.

If you need a completely clean grain surface without branding marks (for example, when cutting large panels without the need for layout planning), we recommend choosing our cowhide, sourced from Czech farms where cattle are marked using more considerate methods.

From ounces to millimetres: Does your pattern call for “4–5 oz leather”? Put the calculator away. Just pop the ounces into our online leather thickness converter and you'll instantly know exactly which thickness to grab from our selection.

How the order works

Once you order, we measure the piece of leather you have chosen and email you its exact price. You only pay for what you actually receive. That is why the payment instructions arrive after measuring, not straight after you order.

Notice: Leather is a natural material, so strength and stretch vary from piece to piece. It may have visible or hidden imperfections, such as scars, scratches or brands.