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Photo essay on Britain's last oak bark tannery
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No, we use a burnishable dye thats applied and then burnished in to the fibres. The friction/heat and pressure of the burnishing process helps bind the fibres in the edge and produces a really nice slick edge which we then seal with a top dressing. In something like the lined and raised the join between the two pieces of leather becomes invisible when done properly.
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Charlie, I will not pursue this further and bore the good guys at SF with such topics or challenge your excellent abilities, but this interesting thread has delved into tradition somewhat! I simply wanted to throw in my four penneth worth. Please keep up the entertainment. Best Tim
Charlie, I will not pursue this further and bore the good guys at SF with such topics or challenge your excellent abilities, but this interesting thread has delved into tradition somewhat! I simply wanted to throw in my four penneth worth. Please keep up the entertainment. Best Tim
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Sorry if my post became too technical, but with nearly 30 years at this game since training at the Cordwainers college in London (Leathergoods, Saddlery, Light goods/ Wallets, Case making, Luggage etc) and having subsequently made a wide variety of leather goods with a passion for tradition and maintaining the core skills, one becomes a little obsessed by it all.
For example, I have just finished recreating an old fishing reel case which involved a whole host of techniques too numerous to mention here but the full story will appear on my new blog soon.
Any time you have a question that needs answering, feel free to run it by me.
Best, Tim
Sorry if my post became too technical, but with nearly 30 years at this game since training at the Cordwainers college in London (Leathergoods, Saddlery, Light goods/ Wallets, Case making, Luggage etc) and having subsequently made a wide variety of leather goods with a passion for tradition and maintaining the core skills, one becomes a little obsessed by it all.
For example, I have just finished recreating an old fishing reel case which involved a whole host of techniques too numerous to mention here but the full story will appear on my new blog soon.
Any time you have a question that needs answering, feel free to run it by me.
Best, Tim
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Hi All,
I thought I'd let the Bakers leather fans know that we've just got in some of their Dark Stain harness leather. Its lovely - very like the Australian Nut but mid brown rather than red brown, a little more dense and more substantial at 5mm. I've been trying to develop a really nice heavy weight belt (for this) for ages that isn't wooden and this is just right, I'm really pleased with it. If anyone would like to see a sample I'm more than happy to send off cuts out as ever, just drop me a PM.
Some pics
Charlie
I thought I'd let the Bakers leather fans know that we've just got in some of their Dark Stain harness leather. Its lovely - very like the Australian Nut but mid brown rather than red brown, a little more dense and more substantial at 5mm. I've been trying to develop a really nice heavy weight belt (for this) for ages that isn't wooden and this is just right, I'm really pleased with it. If anyone would like to see a sample I'm more than happy to send off cuts out as ever, just drop me a PM.
Some pics
Charlie
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