07-24-2019, 08:53 PM
You may also find this interesting, deerskin "tanned" with fish oil(cod) the dying is done by spreading the natural colorant over one side, according to the blurb aldehydes are created by oxidation of the oil making a more or less permanent tann:
https://www.gerberei-kolesch.de/herstellung
videos about the process in German:
https://www.gerberei-kolesch.de/mediathek
They claim to be the last using this process in Germany, which given that it takes a year doesn't surprise me.
https://www.gerberei-kolesch.de/herstellung
videos about the process in German:
https://www.gerberei-kolesch.de/mediathek
They claim to be the last using this process in Germany, which given that it takes a year doesn't surprise me.
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
