Franz Hoffmann Book Binding Leather.

"Eden Workshops proudly offers the full line of Franz Hoffmann Fine Leathers of Stuttgart, Germany under direct license of Bookbinders Workshop, Inc. of Long Island, New York. Franz Hoffmann Fine Leathers was established in 1925, and has built a solid reputation spanning over 85 years of supplying extremely high quality leathers and parchments."

Franz Hoffmann of Stuttgart have been quietly making high quality book binding leather and parchments for 85 years. Many of their leathers are still produced using techniques that have all but died out.

Pebble grain and straight grain book binding leather is available these are produced by hand and not by embossing to hide flaws in the skin.

Hand marbled leather is available which is made in the traditional method of throwing on dyes and water to create veins, this leather is the perfect colour for period restorations or re-binds.

While tanners in the UK struggle to find grade 3 skins of alum tawed leather, Hoffmann supplies grade 1 skins of a whole range of alum tawed book binding leather.

NOTE: The prices given below are the prices per square foot of the leather, but is sold by the full or half skin. 

The final price will be calculated at a later time depending on the size of each individual skin available.

Please contact us at the bottom of the page to arrange your order.

We have negotiated special low cost shipping for this leather.

For example 1-2 skins to Europe and the USA costs no more than £11.00 (about $16.00)

2-4 skins only £15.00 (about $23.00).

A sample book is available for £10.00 this includes postage. If you would like one just click the button at the foot of the page.

If you would like to see close up's of the grain of these leathers visit this link www.edenworkshops.com/hoffmann/hoffmann.htm

Hand Grained Morocco

BBWS-Franz Hoffmanns Hand-Grained Morocco Goatskins are unlike ANY hand-grained morocco you've ever seen.

These spotless, beautiful, and precious skins are FULLY SUMAC TANNED (NOT retanned), and meet archival standards. They are the classical "Hand Grained Morocco" in every respect!

They tool magnificently in traditional gilt, blocking, or in blind.

Purely Aniline Dyed, with NO coatings, etc. These are the Genuine Article!

Skins average 5.5 to 6.5 square feet. Average thickness is 0.70 to 0.75 mm (1.25 to 1.35 oz). PRICE: £21.20 sq ft.

Hand marbled calf.

Each skin hand marbled, each one unique.

Great for restoration work with just the right colour.

0.7mm -0.75mm 12-14 sq ft

Price £19.30 sq ft

Hand wrought antique goat, excellent for restoration work.

This leather just oozes character.

0.7mm -0.75mm 5-7 sq ft

Price £18.47 sq ft

"Antique Rind". This leather is difficult to photograph, it is a mottled shade of dark and very dark brown.

Very appropriate for early blind tooled bindings, takes tooling superbly, very crisp.

0.7mm -0.75mm 15-18 sq ft

Price £14.56 sq ft

Pure sumac tanned smooth goat. Archival quality leather.

One customer described this leather as peerless.

0.7mm -0.75mm 6-7 sq ft

Price £17.18 sq ft

This sprinkled smooth goat is another hand produced leather, very easy to work with and great for period work.

0.7mm -0.75mm 6-7 sq ft

Price £16.58 sq ft

This is it, a grade 1 alum tawed pigksin made to an authentic medieval recipe.

This leather is simply the best. Perfect for creating Medieval and Renaissance style bindings.

See this leather in action http://www.lostgutenbergs.com/binding.htm

10-12 sq ft

Price £19.30 sq ft

Also available:

Alum-Tawed Pigskin Snow (Achieved WITHOUT the use of bleach).... £19.30 sq ft

Alum-Tawed Calf (Bone White) .... £19.30 sq ft

Alum-Tawed Goat (Available in Snow or Bone White) ... £19.30 sq ft

Alum-Tawed Hair-Sheep Snow (Achieved WITHOUT the use of bleach) ..... £19.30 sq ft

We have negotiated special low cost shipping for this leather.

For example 1-2 skins to Europe and the USA costs no more than £5.50 (about $8.00)

2-4 skins only £7.75 (about $12.00).

NOTE: The prices given below are the prices per square foot of the leather, but is sold by the full or half skin. 

Please contact us at the bottom of the page to arrange your order. Note: All prices shown include tax but do not include shipping.

We supply a sample book of our Hoffmann leathers, for which we ask £10.00, this is fully refundable against any order you place with us.

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