Bookcalf
Bookcalf
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Our Bookcalf originates mainly from New Zealand and Scandinavia. The skins are vegetable tanned using a combination Tara, Chestnut, and/or Oak. They are then aniline dyed and dried on our 'glass' drying machine to enhance the natural smoothness and beauty associated with this quality of leather. The surface is absorbent and lends itself well to additional dyeing by the user.
You can see examples of books bound in our Bookcalf in the 'Showcase' area of our web site.
- Average Skin Size: 0.77 - 0.84m² (8¼ - 9ft²) - Faircalf are slightly smaller
- Approx. Cut Size: 75 x 65cm
- Standard Substance: 0.7mm
- Colours available: 14 standard shades plus wheat and R5 Dark Tan
- Grades: I, II, and III.
Feel free to reach out to us at sales@hewit.com with any specific requests or needs you have for this leather - we're happy to help!
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Fantastic leather, as always. Great service and speedy delivery.
Excellent material and great delivery. Keep up the good work.
The service from Hewit's is always speedy, personal and exactly what you would hope for.
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Fantastic leather, as always. Great service and speedy delivery.
Excellent material and great delivery. Keep up the good work.
The service from Hewit's is always speedy, personal and exactly what you would hope for.
Gorgeous leather, excellent packing, and Hewit's second-to-none customer service.
I ordered this book calf for the spine of a Bible I am repairing. The colour matches the website colour well and the leather is just right for this job.
I am never disappointed when purchasing leather from Hewit. They have a superior product, especially their book calf. I have been a bookbinder for 30 years and have used no other calf but Hewit's. My clients would not be happy with anything else.
Perfekt
Excellent leather, great quality and good to work with.
It is disappointing that drying the calfskin on glass leaves such a flat surface compared to goatskin. Unfortunately the New Testament I was binding was too big for a goatskin to cover so calf it had to be. It is however a beautifully prepared skin.
Lovely
I am utterly delighted with my order of seven skins of your lovely bookcalf. Great quality, good colours and delightful book leather aroma! All most carefully and robustly packaged. As ever, fantastic service from J Hewit & Sons.
As ever, great product and great service
I ordered some book calf. The skins that were sent were lovely and arrived much sooner that I expected. This is a wonderful company to do business with!
Nothing but helpful, courteous and efficient service; high quality leather. Thank you
I only ever use Hewitt's leather. Never had a problem even though I tend to use grades 2 or 3 because it is ideal for the work I do.
As always, Hewitts leather always meets the highest standard. Even the seconds skins are more than adequate for the restoration work that I do.
Excellent. I have to comment on your delivery charges, they are more than double what I would expect to pay for a parcel. We will need to be re-ordering later but might get Parcelforce to collect the parcel even though they charge us double for collecting items, but it will still be cheaper !
Robin
Great quality, buttery soft skin. This was actually a substitute one as initial one didn't pass quality control. Delighted by the service to provide this alternative and at a competitive price too.
size and grade as requested, delivered in a timely manner
Is it possible to put the straight grain shown on the goat on the book calf?
It would be possible to emboss our Bookcalf with any of our embossings. Please email us with your specific enquiry.