Interesting video on the natural leather tanning process

[bobjones]

I was sifting through youtube last night and this video landed in my recommendations. I am posting it because the creator shows how much work and steps are needed over 3-4 months to tan and treat the hides that will eventually become the leather jackets we love.

Far more work than I think I'd be willing or able to do myself, but it gives a sense of how involved the process is that the tanneries, which are really science experiments / chemical laboratories, go through to make the amazing leathers we have today. That these procedures have been perfected over thousands of years is also quite interesting.

 

[Matt_B]

I really enjoyed the video and tanning process. thank you for sharing.

 

[bobjones]

I really enjoyed the video and tanning process. thank you for sharing.

If you liked that one on tanning, perhaps you might enjoy this one that shows how the jackets are conceived, the hides cut, and through the art of master craftsman - sewn together to form the jackets we love...