Korba Natural Carving Leather Side vs Tandy Leather Veg-Tan Cowhide Side

Buy the Korba if you plan to tool, stamp, mold or dye the leather yourself. It is vegetable tanned, unfinished and medium temper, which is exactly what carving work needs. The Tandy side is heavier and larger, so it suits straps, belts and utility projects where you want thickness and yardage rather than tooling. Owners of veg-tan carving leather rate Korba's type highly for taking dye and impressions; the Tandy listing itself calls its side chrome tanned, which does not tool or mold the same way.

• Choose the Korba Cow side if you are carving, stamping, molding or dyeing and want an unfinished veg-tan surface that holds detail.
• Choose the Tandy Veg-Tan Cowhide Side if you need a big, heavy side for belts, straps and utility work and do not plan to tool it.