DEAL$ OF THE WEEK!!
Updated February 1, 2012
This Week's Deal:
50 Tannery Sample Swatches for $15, USA Shipping Included!
Choose Earth Tones or Bright Colors - or Both!

Earthtones shown above, Tutti-Frutti colors shown below

Let's face it, ever since Ken was thrown from the Barbie (tm) Corvette back in 1966 he's just been different.  Not just that stiff legged way of walking,
but he's, you know, different.  Sure, Barbie still looks great, but the scuffs on her hard sided purse and her pink high heeled shoes still remind her each and every day of the
tragic events that unfolded on that summer day.  Look at him over there, under the bed - that expression on his face just never seems to change.  Let's do something about it.
Let's help Barbie move on.  Time for new leather accessories, and they can be small, so you don't need much leather (pretty impressive how we wind
this drivel into a sales pitch, ain't it?).  In fact. just some smallish tannery samples will work just fine.  It's the Brettuns Village Deal of the Week to the rescue.
This week's deal gives you a group of 50 tannery sample panels, and they're all nice, thin, top grain leathers.  They all have a product name and number
gold foil embossed into them, as you can see in the photos.  You can choose earth tones or bright colors or a mixture - just include a comment during the final stage of the check-out process
or shoot us an e-mail (leather@brettunsvillage.com).  Samples measure either 2-3/4" by 4" or 2-3/16" by 6-5/8".  $15 gets you 50 of these swatches, USA shipping INCLUDED.
Stop staring at me Ken, you're freaking me out.  Ken?  Ken?  KEN!!  Sweet feathery light floating Joseph, that guy is shot.

There are 19 other Deals on this page, plus a whopper of a belt maker's deal down below.
Just choose the Deals you want from the two drop down menus below, please.

Previous Deals of the Week Shown Below are Good until Sold Out!

Our Deal of the Week this time around gives you 5 gross (5 x 144 = 720) of these woven, striped shoe laces for 20 bucks flat, USA shipping included.  Just right for hanging up
Christmas ornaments, hanging mistletoe, or lacing up your brand new hiking boots that you bought for yourself when you were supposed to be
out Christmas shopping for everyone else.  Dark navy stripes almost look black; laces are either 36" or 42" long - you can specify or we'll just grab whatever's at the top of the pile.
These are actually very well made, heavy duty laces, with a stripey look that just flat out screams "Get us out of the BV warehouse."

Very fine calf leather, chromium tanned, that was cut into strips 5mm wide and woven into 'vamps' which end up being fancy dress shoes.
Available in the colors shown, each vamp measures about 7.5" wide by 12" long, on average.  Specify the colors/quantities you'd like, or we'll send 3, 3, and 4 to you.  That's big time math, but we know you'll figure it out.
Please note that some (not all) of these have a slit down the middle where your foot would have slid into the shoe
(if you look at the top photo, check out the vamp on the left - the tan  one - you can see the interruption of the weave pattern on the tan panel pretty well).
Great for wrapping around handles, making inlays on book covers, wallets, shoe plugs, etc.  This DOTW gives you a set of 10 of these woven panels for $20 flat dead even.
USA shipping is included - no other fees, charges, taxes, surcharges, back charges, or any other costs to add in.

These double shoulders were tanned 'full substance' which means the hides were not skived nor thinned down - they're tanned in the full thickness - just the way they came off the animal.
Struck through blacker than the inside of a moose, hides run about 7 to 8 oz in thickness and average 11 sq ft per hide.  These are tannery culls - each hide has one or more problems.
The pictures above tell the story - bug bites, holes, and that one on the right looks like the victim of a werewolf attack, which is all the rage these days.
The surface is very heavily textured, and we decided to call it 'knobby'.  We have better quality versions of this same leather on our Hides and Sides page, if you need 'em.
Our DOTW price on these is two hides for $65 flat, and this includes shipping to all 50 states and the territories.
If you're in AK, HI, or any of the Territories your hides will be folded to fit in flat rate USPS boxes.

Our full elk hides have been wildly popular - available in FOUR colors, thick and very, very soft.  As we've sold our way through them we've found some
that are in pretty rough shape.  Holes, scratches, bullet and/or arrow holes, tire marks, etc make these second quality hides.
These hides run about 22 sq ft on average and are 5 oz in thickness.  Choose black, brown, tan, or off-white (just shoot as an e-mail after you place your order)
This DOTW is for a Crummy Elk, your choice of color (black, smoke tan, off-white, or brown) for $90 flat, USA shipping included.

These are very soft, garment grade deer splits that run about 2-3 oz in thickness, dyed dark brown all the way through.  Each split is
about 4-5 sq ft of surface area, and they've all got holes in them.  Some are bullet holes, some are arrow holes, some are tension holes
from tannery equipment, and the photo above on the right gives you an idea of what to expect.  Our Deal of the Week for September 7 through 14
brings you two of these split hides for $25 flat, Jack, and if you're in the USA that price includes shipping.  End of story.
(Yes, shipping to AK, HI, PR, GU, etc is included too.)

This DOTW is for this nice leather - these are full cowhide sides, chrome tanned and skived down to
a 2.5/3 oz thickness (less than 1/16").  Tan color, and embossed with a lizard skin texture.  Leather has a mellow temper - it's soft enough for
garments.  Some sides will have a hole in them.  Average is 19 sq ft per side.
Our Deal of the Week price on these is $50 flat.  Price includes postage to any USA location, and that includes AK, HI, PR, GU, etc.
(some locations will be shipped via USPS, so your leather will be folded, not rolled, to help it fit in those flat rate boxes).

These double bends (aka double butts - what you've got here is the back half of the cow) are struck through (dye penetrates all the way through the leather) and are a full 1/8" thick (8 oz leather, or 3.2mm).
Softened a bit; this is not a firm leather and would be comfortable to wear, although heavy.  Hides run about 22 sq ft of surface area on average, roughly four and a little by 5 feet.
We're selling the first quality hides of this leather over on the Sides and Hides page for $100 each.
We have some, like the one shown above, that had test rectangles cut from them - selling these lab test hides here on the Deal of the Week at a lower price:  $80 each, 48-state shipping included.
The  test hide you receive will be Second Quality and will have rectangles cut from it, or scratches, or a hole or two; no returns on this deal.

This Deal of the Week is a set of three leather panels from one of the USA's best tanners.
These panels run between 1 and 2 sq ft of surface area, drum dyed black and embossed with a haircell (very fine grain) texture.  Regular temper - not too soft, not too stiff.
Thickness is 2.75-3 oz, or less than 1/16 of an inch.  Good leather for making wallets, cases, or accessories.
$20 flat gives you three of these panels, 50-state shipping included, and this same price applies to our customers in AK, HI, PR, GU, etc.

This is genuine rawhide - just plain old cowhide that's been pickled and dried.  It's rather stiff, but you can soak it in water,
wrap it around something, and it'll take on that shape when it dries.  Each bundle contains strips that are a little over 1/8" wide (actual measurement is 5/32")
with strips ranging from 30 to 70 inches.  Each bundle contaians one full side of leather, all cut into strips, which makes it a lot easier to
carry your cows around town with you.  Our DOTW price for a bundle is $40 flat, USA shipping included (yes, that means you too in PR, GU, etc).

The Brettuns Village Deal of the Week updates every Wednesday morning at somewhere around 6 or 7 or 8 am, EST.
Deals remain posted for one week, or until our inventory is sold out.
First come (paid), first served.  If you'd like to take advantage of the Deal of the Week
but would like to pay by check or money order just send us an e-mail and we'll set aside your Deal until your payment arrives.
Some of our customers put an event on their PC's calendar to remind them to check out our DOTW each Wednesday morning.
Some of our customers think this is a ridiculous waste of time, but we think they sneak in here and take a peek anyway.

Whatever you do, wherever you go, don't ever forget that shipping within the 48 contiguous
United States is always included in our prices - there just flat aren't any other fees, charges, or expenses to add.
If you're in AK or HI we can fit most of this stuff into flat rate boxes, so you get free shipping too - just so
long as you don't mind us folding your leather.

We post our DOTW on FB when we remember to plaster it up there.
Go to our Facebook page and hit that little button that says 'Like' and then you'll receive our updates.  Thrilling.

Rivet-Palooza:  This deal gives you 10 packs of our tubular and semi-tubular rivets for $60 off our regular price.
Includes packs of RVT109, RVT110, RVT111, RVT116, RVT118, RVT119, RVT120, RVT122, RVT126 and RVT-102 (black).  You can get the details on each rivet style here
Our Deal of the Week gives you all 10 packs for $25 flat dead even, 50-state shipping included!

Chrome tanned leather laces were being used on expensive leather boat shoes; these are 9/64" square, 24" long each.
Rather firm and sturdy - great for hanging slate tiles or other heavy objects with a simple loop.
This DOTW gives you 2 bundles of 100 24" laces for $16 flat, 50-state USA shipping included,
and that includes our customers in PR, and GU.  Glad to have you aboard.

The Brettuns Village Giant Arch Punch Set includes what you see in the pictures:
A total of 22 punches, from 3/16" to 1-1/2" in increments of 1/16 of an inch.  We're also throwing in one of our 8x10 cutting pads and
our heaviest weighted rawhide mallet to help you whack your way to circular mayhem.  If you use our regular prices for all of these items
you come up with a Grand Whopping Total of $568, but our Giant Arch Punch Set special pricing gives you the works for $450 flat dead even, USA shipping included.
Yes, this includes AK, HI, PR, and GU.

This Deal gives you one of our light tan (the color name from the tannery, in Italy, is 'Cammello') vegetable tanned calf hides, specifically tanned for use as an upholstery leather,
for $100 flat, 48-state shipping included.  Hides run 4 to 4.5 oz in thickness (1/16") and average abaout 26 sq ft per hide.  These are SECONDS so each hide will
have a hole, discoloration somewhere, or maybe a stain or two.  Still, it's great leather in a nice, natural looking color.

This deal is simple - 5 strips of our re-tanned horse hip strip leather, which is good for belts and straps, for $60 flat, USA shipping included.
Thickness is about 5-5.5 oz, firmish temper, in dark brown or black (you tell us which color to send).  These all have some defects.

Snap hooks like these always come in handy.  Every time you need a snap hook, when you take the dog for a walk, for example, you're wicked glad to have one available.
Now you can be 30 times more glad - this deal gives you 30 heavy duty snap hooks for $25 flat, USA shipping included.
Get 3 packs of 10 large snap hooks; includes our SNP-509, SNP-510, and SNP-511 which you can read about on our Snap Hooks page.

Thundercloud full hides are the exact same color as those clouds that form right off Lighthouse Point (just up the beach from Pompano) in late afternoon in July and August.
Sort of a greenish-gray shade that screams 'Wind 'em up, folks, we're heading for the dock!'  Very nice full cowhides of upholstery leather, tanned and finished in Italy.
Hides are 3 oz in thickness, just right for couches and chairs, and average about 52 sq ft of surface area.  $100 each, USA shipping included.

It sure is a lot easier to use this embossed cowhide to make items that look like lizard skin than it is to chase those little demons
all over the desert trying to get your hands around their scaly necks just so you can use their lizard pajamas to make stuff.  Plus, lizards smell funny and don't forget Lizard Ticks,
which, now that I think of it, would make a great name for a band.  All rights reserved.
Lizard embossed cowhide sides are 3.5/4 oz (1/16") and run about 12-14 sq ft in surface area each.  Regular temper, not too soft, not too firm.
This Deal of the Week gives you 3 of these sides for $100 flat dead even, 48-state shipping included.

You know we're right:  Christmas will be here right in our laps before you know it, even though there's still wrapping paper in the living room.
This Deal of the Week is for 100 jingle bells (3 packs of BEL001, 4 packs of BEL002, 3 packs of BEL003) for a flat $10, USA shipping included.
These are all 1/2" bells.

 These are small full calf hides that run about 10 sq ft of surface area each, in a thickness that varies from 4 to 6 oz across each hide.
Good tooling, stamping, carving, or wet forming.  The hide you receive will almost certainly contain a hole in one part of the hide or another -
that's the way they are.  Most of these hides were folded in half and stored on a shelf - so there's a fold line right up the backbone.
We're storing them flat and will roll them for shipping, which should help some, but you may want to use some water to get the crease ironed out, literally.
Veg Tan Tooling Calf Hides are DOTW priced at $50 each, 48-state shipping included.

Returns and Exchanges:  At Brettuns Village, we guarantee your satisfaction.  If you're not happy with anything in your order, please send it back within 30 days for a refund or an exchange.
You don't need to contact us first if you don't want to - just send it and include a note with your name, order date, and payment method, and we'll issue a refund or send out replacement merchandise promptly.

Over 1,000 full upholstery cowhides on the Sides and Hides page!

Loads of New SPOTS and DECORATIONS!

Sole Bends on the Sides and Hides page!

Lots of New Lace Colors and Lengths, and even Braided Lace on the Lacepage!

Vegetable-Tanned Tooling Bellies and Horse Strips on the Sides/Hides page!

 LEATHER SCRAP PIECES.  At Brettuns Village our number one product is our high quality leather scrap.
We offer these chrome-tanned leather pieces in two size ranges, and we pick the colors and types you want.
See our Scraps page for more information on pricing and ordering

We've tried to make this as easy as possible.  Print out this order form and send it up with a check or with your Visa/Mastercard/Amex/Discover info (number and expiration date).
Can't print the form?  No problem, just write your order down on a piece of paper and mail it in, fax it in, or call it in.  You can order leather pieces, laces, buckles, etc all on
one form or piece of paper, just add it all up.  Don't forget your shipping address (no P.O. Boxes, please, unless your order is going to weigh less than two pounds).
We'll get your order out as soon as possible.  All prices on our site include shipping charges for locations within the 48 states, and, at Brettuns Village, we do not charge for handling your order.
Just doesn't seem fair!
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Brettuns Village Leather
P.O. Box 772
Auburn, ME 04212
Fax: (207)782-7448 FAX ONLY

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