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76 Southampton Row, London WC1B 4AR part of Shepherds Bookbinders |
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Bookbinding Leathers |
Shepherds Calf

This calf has been sourced by ourselves directly from one of the finest tanneries in Europe. It is used worldwide by some major luxury leather goods manufacturers. It is vegetable dyed and of premium quality.
It is sold by the skin or in three panel sizes. The panels have been pared down to 0.6mm are are supplied with the suede like material, often used for lining boxes etc.
Currently the colour is a natural light tan but it should also be available in various finished and colours soon.
It has been tested in our bindery and takes tooling well.
Stingray

Our Stingray skins are approximately 7" at their widest point. Contact us for more information.
| Product | Image |
| Stingray Red |
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| Stingray Chocolate Brown |
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| Stingray Black |
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Perch

| Product | Image |
| Perch Dark Brown |
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| Perch Grey |
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| Perch Tan |
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Ostrich

| Product | Image |
| Plain crust skin |
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| Red tan ostrich |
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| Dark brown ostrich | |
| Black ostrich |
Harmatan Goatskin
These goatskins are tanned using sumac. The skins are dyed with vegetable pigments and they are hand-polished to bring out the beauty of the grain. The leather is available in 25 colours and 3 grades. Vegetable dyed skins vary in colour from batch to batch so if you are looking for a specific colour, please supply us with an example of the colour you are looking for. We will do our best to find the closest match.
We retail the skins in 3 panel sizes. These have been pared down to 0.6mm and are supplied with the suede-like material pared from the underside of the skin.
Please note that not all colours and Grade combinations may in stock at all times.
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| Colour reference |
| Blue 12 - Deep Blue |
| Blue 13 - Mid Blue |
| Blue 14 - Light Blue |
| Green 15 - Deep Green |
| Green 16 - Mid Green |
| Green 17 - Light Green |
| Beige 18 |
| Orange 19 |
| Scarlet 20 |
| Crimson 21 |
| Terracotta 22 |
| Brown 23 |
| Brown 24 |
| Maroon 25 |
| Tan 26 |
| Green 27 |
| Black 28 |
| Purple 29 |
| Yellow 30 |
| Grey 31 |
| Chocolate 32 |
| Biscuit 33 |
| Pink 34 |
| Yellow 35 |
| Native dyed 36 |