These grade III Chieftain Goats are aimed at the amateur market. The raw skins originate from India and the surrounding areas. The skins have a natural shrunken grain, similar to traditional Levant grain, with a natural polished finish. This leather is retanned with the addition of aluminium salts in order to produce an archival tannage with outstanding durability. The leather is aniline dyed and has a semi-transparent finish.
Please note that colours 3, 6, 9 and 15 are not dyed-through.
More information on the development of our Archival Tannage may be found here.
You can see examples of books bound in our Chieftain Goat in the 'Showcase' area of our web site.
Average Skin Size: 0.68 - 0.72m² (7¼ - 7¾ft²)
Approx. Cut Size: 68 x 57cm
Standard Substance: 1.0mm
Colours available: 15 standard shades plus grey and purple
Grades: 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!
Ordered a piece of leather for a family member that is in to bookbinding. I was very satisfied with customer service interaction and prompt responses to inquiries. The product was packaged well and appeared to my untrained eye to be flawless. Would order here again.
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Robert Harvey
Chieftain
I use the leather to make baffles for my duet concertinas and I find it to be excellent for this purpose
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Anonymous
Chieftain goat purple leather
Beautiful product , soft , no imperfections. Perfect for what I needed .
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Richard Day
Very good service over 60 years
The qualty of the leather and service excellent
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Carol Mooney
Quality Products
All products purchased from J Hewit & Sons have been of the highest quality and we are pleased with the service they offer. People are always friendly and go out of their way to try and help.
