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One Inch wide black leather scraps or pieces
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2026 12:09 pm
by DaveB
I need a couple of pieces of 1" wide black leather used is fine if its not to dry and hard. Does some one have a old broken front top strap for a 1911-12? Need a 8" and a 16" 17" piece if longer that's great . Thanking you in advance for checking and any leads. Dave
Re: One Inch wide black leather scraps or pieces
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2026 12:16 pm
by speedytinc
What about hitting the thrift stores?
Re: One Inch wide black leather scraps or pieces
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2026 1:19 pm
by Steve Jelf
Scraps from a saddle shop will be cheap or free.
Re: One Inch wide black leather scraps or pieces
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2026 1:29 pm
by 1925 Touring
Saddle shops
Upolstry shops
Second hand stores
Craft stores
Maybe find a few belts that are real leather.
Re: One Inch wide black leather scraps or pieces
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2026 1:50 pm
by NoelChico
I've used the strap on lady's handbags purchased for under $5 at Hospice, Goodwill, or thrift stores.
Re: One Inch wide black leather scraps or pieces
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2026 2:13 pm
by michaelb2296
Re: One Inch wide black leather scraps or pieces
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2026 4:24 pm
by Karl Von Neumann
Amazon sells leather really cheap in various colors and lengths
Re: One Inch wide black leather scraps or pieces
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2026 10:14 pm
by Allan
Roadkill is a good source. A mate of mine calls the lounge suites left on the kerb for anyone to collect roadkill. I have a mass of salvaged black leather from a 4 seater lounge suite in my stash, enough to do the upholstery in my 1/2 ton lorry if I ever get around to it.
Allan from down under.
Re: One Inch wide black leather scraps or pieces
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2026 10:03 am
by Burlingtontguy
I use Men's waist belts from Walmart. Dennis
Re: One Inch wide black leather scraps or pieces
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2026 10:16 am
by Erik Johnson
David:
The next time you are in the Twin Cities, go to Tandy Leather at 8901 Penn Ave in Bloomington. In addition to their regular leather stock, they also sell miscellaneous pieces of scrap leather in various sizes and thickness.
https://tandyleather.com/pages/tandy-le ... ZThFFkcbbF
You can dye the leather with Fiebing's Black Leather Dye. It's getting harder to find at local shoe repair places but it is readily available online. Also, Fleet Farm in Lakeville might carry it in the shoe/boot department and/or horse care/tack and saddle area.
Unfortunately, the best place for getting leather straps cut and shaved to desired thickness was Schatzlein Saddle Shop on Lake Street in Minneapolis but they closed in 2022 after being in business for 115 years. That's where my father went for various projects over the years.
Re: One Inch wide black leather scraps or pieces
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2026 9:39 pm
by DaveB
Thanks for all the reply's & suggestions .I was able to get what I needed from family that's raised Percheron's and involved with horse pulling. I wanted old not new . Thanks Erik Did not know Tandy still had a business in the Twin Cities.