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Canadian leathercraft retailer · New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Hand and Sew Leather Supply

Overview

Vegetable-tanned leather at Hand and Sew Leather Supply

Hand and Sew Leather Supply operates a public online store and a retail location at 47 Sixth Street in New Westminster, British Columbia. Its current vegetable-tanned collection includes project-sized panels and straps alongside larger shoulder, butt, hide, and specialty-skin formats.[1][2]

The assortment is useful at more than one purchasing scale: makers can start with a panel or a ready-cut strap, while the Conceria 3S line provides single and double shoulders and butts in weights ranging from light leather through heavy strap leather. Product variants, dimensions, colors, weights, and availability remain listing-specific.[3][4][5]

Buying formats

Choose panels or straps for smaller work, then move up to shoulder and butt cuts.

Buying formats
Project-sized vegetable-tanned panels, Pre-cut vegetable-tanned straps, Single and double shoulders, Single and double butts, Other hide and skin formats listed in the vegetable-tanned collection
Leather categories
Italian Conceria 3S vegetable-tanned leather, Natural and colored vegetable-tanned leather, Multiple weights from light panel leather through heavy strap leather
Verified services
Public online ordering, Custom strap cutting for a purchased hide, New Westminster retail-store shopping and local pickup
Shipping coverage
United States · International

The Conceria 3S panel listing currently specifies a 9-by-16-inch format and notes an ongoing transition from 12-by-12-inch panels, so an order may arrive in either size while that change is in progress. The listing offers several weights from 2/3 oz through 9/10 oz, with color and stock controlled by the selected variant.[4]

Ready-cut Conceria 3S straps are listed at approximately 48 to 60 inches long in standard widths from 3/4 inch through 1.5 inches. The product page invites a minimum-length request in checkout comments but says the seller will only do its best to accommodate it, so the requested length is not a guarantee.[5]

For larger pieces, the live Conceria 3S variants include single and double shoulders in lighter weights and single and double butts in heavier weights. The product description publishes approximate cut sizes, but buyers should use the live selected variant and final order details rather than treating descriptive averages as exact dimensions for every piece.[3]

Service details

Custom strap cutting is documented; thickness splitting is not.

A separate strap-cutting product lets a customer pay to have a purchased hide cut into straps in listed widths from 0.5 inch through 1.5 inches. The instructions require one cutting-fee item for each hide and an additional fee item when one hide needs multiple widths, with width assignments entered in the checkout comments.[6]

The reviewed official pages do not establish a customer-facing thickness-splitting or skiving service. Pre-cut panels and straps are catalog formats, while the separate strap-cutting listing supports only the cutting workflow it expressly describes.[2][4][5][6]

Order planning

Shipping and returns.

Direct international ordering, with destination details left to checkout

The shipping policy states that Hand and Sew offers international shipping and calculates charges at checkout. Because the policy does not enumerate eligible countries, U.S. and other non-Canadian buyers should confirm that the selected items and destination receive a live delivery option before relying on the order path.[7]

Leather can trigger a revised bulky-shipment charge

The policy says calculated international shipping is intended for small packages and that large, bulky, or heavy packages, specifically including leather and reinforcement, can require additional charges after checkout. Import duties and taxes may also be charged at destination and remain the customer's responsibility.[7]

The current refund policy provides a general 10-day request window for eligible online returns, with condition, packaging, freight, and non-returnable-category requirements. It also states broadly that leather that has left the store cannot be returned or refunded; because the policy does not clearly limit that sentence to in-store purchases, buyers should confirm eligibility before ordering any leather online or in person.[8]

Decision guide

When this supplier may be worth comparing.

Potentially useful if you need

  • Starting with a project-sized veg-tan panel before buying a larger cut.
  • Ordering a ready-cut strap in a standard width and weight.
  • Moving up to single or double shoulders and butts within the same Conceria 3S range.
  • Paying for documented strap cutting when a purchased hide needs one or more listed widths.
  • Shopping in person or collecting an online order at the New Westminster retail location.

Confirm before ordering

  • The live panel dimensions during the stated 12-by-12-inch to 9-by-16-inch transition.
  • The selected leather's current cut, color, weight, dimensions, stock, and final price.
  • Whether a requested strap length can be accommodated within the published range.
  • Destination eligibility and the final carrier charge for a U.S. or other international order.
  • Any post-checkout surcharge for a large, bulky, or heavy leather shipment.
  • Applicable import duties, taxes, and other cross-border charges.
  • Return eligibility before ordering leather, samples, clearance goods, one-off items, or custom work.
  • Any requested splitting or skiving, because neither service was verified.

Research record

Official sources.

  1. Contact Us — current New Westminster retail-store identity, street address, public customer contact, and local in-store availability.
  2. Vegetable Tanned Leather — current public vegetable-tanned assortment and maker-accessible online catalog, including panels, straps, shoulder and butt cuts, hides, and specialty skins.
  3. Vegetable Tanned Vegtan Leather Hides - Conceria3S — current Conceria 3S tannage, colors, weights, single and double shoulder and butt variants, approximate cut sizes, and listing-specific ordering details.
  4. Conceria 3S Vegetable Tanned Leather PANELS — current project-panel format, published dimensions and size-transition warning, available weights, colors, tannage, temper, and country of origin.
  5. STRAPS - Vegetable Tanned Leather - Conceria3s — current ready-cut strap lengths, widths, weights, colors, and best-effort checkout request for a minimum length.
  6. EXTRA: Strap cutting — current paid strap-cutting workflow, listed widths, per-hide fee rule, multiple-width fee rule, and checkout-comment instructions.
  7. Shipping policy — current direct international-shipping statement, checkout calculation, non-enumerated destination coverage, additional bulky or heavy leather charges, and recipient responsibility for import duties and taxes.
  8. Refund policy — current 10-day online return-request window, condition requirements, freight allocation, in-store leather exclusion, non-returnable categories, and restocking or refusal provisions.

Research last checked October 16, 2026. Supplier inventory and policies can change; confirm current details on the supplier’s site before ordering.