Aldehyde-tanned leather is tanned using glutaraldehyde or oxazolidine compounds. This is the leather that most tanners refer to as wet-white leather due to its pale cream or white color.

It is the main type of leather used in chrome-free leather often seen in infant's shoes and in automobiles made with chrome-free leather.

Fore more:

Labels: Aldehyde, glutaraldehyde, leather, oxazolidine

Most horse whips can be used to give commands by touch and can cause pain, but cannot make a "crack". These may include riding crops, dressage whips, and carriage or buggy whips made from leather and nylons.
The exception is the Longe whip, which due to its long lash, can be made to crack as well as be used to touch the animal.
For more:

Labels: carriage, crops, dressage, horse., Leather.animal, Longe whip

Historically, leather was used in much more creative and interesting ways, including sculptures. We wish to revive the long lost art of leather sculpture. The handcrafted leather sculptures faces and torsos are sometimes referred to as wet formed leather sculpture. Using uncommon processes and techniques, our artist creates unique leather sculptures, faces and torsos.

For more:

Labels: art of leather, faces, faces .leather ., handcrafted leather, sculptures

Leather Craft and Design Originally published in the 1930s. A beginners guide to leathercraft with many examples of methods and design.

The book is well illustrated.

For more:

Labels: Leather Craft and Design, materials

Chrome-tanned leather, invented in 1858, is tanned using chromium sulfate and other salts of chromium.

It is more supple and pliable than vegetable-tanned leather, and does not discolor or lose shape as drastically in water as vegetable-tanned.

It is also known as wet-blue for its color derived from the chromium. More esoteric colors are possible using chrome tanning.
For more:

Labels: chromium sulfate, chromium.tanned leather.

The Encyclopedia of Rawhide and Leather Braiding is the definitive work on the subject in the English language and results from the late Bruce Grant's many, many years of interest and experience as a braider and writer on the subject. It combines most of the material published in Leather Braiding and How to Make Cowboy Horse Gear (described elsewhere in this catalog) with a mass of completely new material.

Labels: How to Make, rawhide

Vegetable-tanned leather is tanned using tannin (hence the name "tanning") and other ingredients found in vegetable matter, tree bark, and other such sources. It is supple and brown in color, with the exact shade depending on the mix of chemicals and the color of the skin.

For more:

Labels: leather, tannin, Vegetable

Labels: leather, traditions of tanning

Egyptians were skilled leather workers over three thousand years ago.
From the begininning of recorded history, skins were used as writing materials. Skin rolls dating back to 1,500 years before Christ are still in existence today. Again in the Bible their are many references to the use of skins.The Hebrews are said to have been the first to discover the value of oakbark tanning which remained as good as any method used until about 1890, when great improvements were made.
The ancient Britons could tan leathers 330 years before Christ.
Among the first and most important of the workers Guilds formed during the Middle Ages were those of the leather workers, and, by the the time of Queen Elizabeth 1, Britain was exporting leather goods to many countries.

During the Industrial Revolution, leather-making began to change from a small handicraft to a great industry based on scientific methods. Tedious manual operations gradually gave way to specialised machines.

For more:

Labels: many references, Queen Elizabeth 1., Recorded history, the first

With close attention to detail and a little practice using the methods described here, novices can produce attractive and enduring items from either precut lace or from a skin or side of leather.

For more: Braiding Fine Leather: Techniques of the Australian Whipmakers

Labels: attention to detail, braid simple projects, leather braider, the methods

The cattle drafter, (or drafting whip) nick name Flapper, is a cane or fibreglass rod, with a Leather platted handgrip, Turks head knob and wrist strap. The cane length is about 75cm (2'6") and the Leather flapper length is about 30cm (12") long. These whips are used in cattle yards and also when moving pigs used in conjunction with animal care.

For more:

Labels: cattle drafter, cattle yards ., flapper, leather, Turks head, Whips and floggers

Traditionally, bullwhips are used for driving stock, but now are often for theater or re-enactment, but ours still have the same authenticity & quality needed for real work. Each bull whip has a swivel handle for ease of use.

Bullwhips come in many different weights, materials, and designs. Some light whips use shot loading or lead weighting to affect their balance. Though usually made of strips of leather

Did you know? The crack of the bullwhip is caused by the tip of the whip going faster than the speed of sound, so it is actually a sonic boom. The bullwhip is the first known human-made object to do this.

For More:

Labels: bullwhip, bullwhips, designs, quality, re-enactment, the bullwhip

Expand your leathercraft hobby into a full time business! $$$
You'll discover all types of exciting tips, from how to get started from scratch...To what supplies you'll need...And how get leather to transform into whatever you want!For more:!

Labels: leather crafts