Leather crafting or simply leathercraft is the practice of making leather into craft objects or works of art, using shaping techniques, coloring techniques or both.

Is tooled leather real leather?

Tooling leather can refer to any type of leather that is used for tooling, although generally it is vegetable tanned leather. The vegetable tanning process makes the leather a bit softer and easier to work with.

What kind of leather can be tooled?

Vegetable tanned leather is the only type of leather that can be tooled.