Gluing leather to face of vise

[Bill Wilcox]

Tandy Leather will have what you need. Vegetable tanned leather and use Barge Cement for gluing.

[Thomas love]

Thanks everyone.
Tom

[John Stan]

One point that might have been already made ... Glue the smooth side down so the rough side of the leather faces out. It will be more grippy.
-JDS

[Jeff Johnson]

Barge glue. Google turns up dozens of places to buy it. It's essentially the rubber cement that shoe makers and repairers use.

[Steven Herbin]

I had some old belts that I cut up and used. Seems to work fine. Used carpet tape (2 sided) to stick them on.

[Doug Shepard]

I used the bottled liquid hide glue and it worked great. Just keep your pets away from it while it cures. They'll lick off any squeezeout if given half a chance.

[Frank Drew]

FWIW, I've found that roughout leather on vise faces grips your work much better than smooth finished. As for gluing, I used a spray adhesive (3M 77, maybe?) and the leather is still there years and years later; in use, there's very little working against the leather staying put, after all.