Leather Cost Calculator

Cost a piece of leather by area or by weight, with the unit conversions and the waste allowance built in.

How the leather was priced

Price per unit

The price for one square foot, one square metre, one square decimetre or one kilogram, whichever you chose above.

Bounding length of the piece in

The length of the rectangle the pattern piece needs, including the cutting allowance.

Bounding width of the piece in

How many pieces

Waste allowance %

Covers the unusable part of the hide, the trim and the mistakes. Twenty percent suits a clean hide, up to forty for a lower grade or a project with large panels.

Weight per square foot oz

Only needed for pricing by weight. A 4 ounce leather is about 4 ounces per square foot, which is where the ounce rating comes from.

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