Belt Blank (3.5-4mm) - Natural – India Leather Supply (ILS)

These are full-grain, vegetable-tanned water buffalo belt blanks/straps sourced from a Leather Working Group (LWG) Gold-rated tannery. The Gold rating reflects the highest standards in environmental responsibility, including water management, chemical control, waste treatment, and supply-chain traceability.

🌿 About LWG Gold Rating

The Leather Working Group (LWG) is an international organization that audits tanneries for environmental performance. A Gold rating represents the highest audit score and indicates advanced compliance with sustainability and responsible manufacturing practices.

What Is Crust Leather

This leather is supplied in crust form, meaning it has been vegetable tanned but not dyed or surface finished. Crust leather offers maximum flexibility, allowing the maker complete control over the final look and finish.

Finishing & Dyeing Compatibility

Because it is supplied as crust leather, the material can be finished and colored using a wide range of methods. These include alcohol-based dyes, water-based dyes, oil dyes, as well as natural oils, waxes, and protective topcoats. This allows full control over color depth, surface sheen, and final hand feel, making the leather suitable for both artisanal work and repeatable production finishing.

Tooling & Edge Burnishing Performance

The vegetable tanning process produces a firm temper and a tight, dense fiber structure, making the leather well suited for tooling, carving, stamping, and embossing. The density and natural oil content of water buffalo leather also result in exceptional edge burnishing performance, allowing edges to compact cleanly and smoothly using water, gum, waxes, or friction-based burnishing techniques.

Aging & Patina Development

With use and exposure, the leather will gradually develop a natural patina. This behavior is typical of vegetable-tanned leather and reflects normal oxidation and handling over time.

Specifications

Thickness: 3.5-4mm
Material: Full-grain vegetable-tanned water buffalo leather
Form: Crust (unfinished)
Tannery Rating: LWG Gold

Applications

Ideal for belts, shoulder straps, luggage straps, bag components, and other leather goods requiring strength, rigidity, tooling capability, and long-term durability.

⚠️ Natural Marks & Surface Variation

These belt blanks/straps are cut from full-grain leather hides, where the natural grain layer remains intact. As a result, healed scars, grain variation, stretch marks, insect marks, or minor surface irregularities may be present. These are inherent to authentic full-grain hides and are not defects. While hides are carefully selected, the complete absence of natural markings cannot be guaranteed.