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    Something about Leather - Being a Collection of Entertaining Facts not Commonly Known Concerning Various Skins also what is made of them with a very brief Sketch of the History of Tanning
    Something about Leather - Being a Collection of Entertaining Facts not Commonly Known Concerning Various Skins also what is made of them with a very brief Sketch of the History of Tanning
    Something about Leather - Being a Collection of Entertaining Facts not Commonly Known Concerning Various Skins also what is made of them with a very brief Sketch of the History of Tanning
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    Something about Leather - Being a Collection of Entertaining Facts not Commonly Known Concerning Various Skins also what is made of them with a very brief Sketch of the History of Tanning

    By Lee Allyne

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    This book contains a vintage article on the subject of leather working, being a collection of entertaining and commonly unknown facts related to leather, skinning, and tanning. With interesting historical information and a wealth of handy tips, "Something About Leather" will be of considerable utility to modern readers with a practical interest in the subject, and it would make for a useful addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: "As to the Tanning of Leather", "As to Alligators", "As to a Curiosity in Leather", "As to the History of Leather", "As to the Making of Leather Things", and "As to the Things Which are Made". Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on leather crafting.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOwen Press
    Release dateSep 6, 2017
    ISBN9781473340374
    Something about Leather - Being a Collection of Entertaining Facts not Commonly Known Concerning Various Skins also what is made of them with a very brief Sketch of the History of Tanning

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      Something about Leather - Being a Collection of Entertaining Facts not Commonly Known Concerning Various Skins also what is made of them with a very brief Sketch of the History of Tanning - Lee Allyne

      AS TO THE TANNING OF

      LEATHER

      Somehow people associate certain ideas of mental capacity with certain trades, not because there is any adequate reason for it, to be sure, but from long usage. Why it should be considered eminently respectable to be a brewer, but quite out of the question to be an hotel keeper, is rather beyond the understanding of the ordinary intelligence, or even, so for as I have been able to find out, of the extraordinary intelligence. Among the trades which have had the misfortune to fall especially under the ban of society at all times, are those of the soap maker and the tanner. Now, in my mind, the making of soap is one of the noblest of all occupations. How much more keen must be the artistic sensibilities of a man devoting his life to the making of something which purifies and cleanses, and which gives to his fellow-men that which is next to godliness than of him who caters to a thirst for beer. Indeed, when one thinks of it, godliness would amount to very little indeed without soap, but one could get along pretty well, so far as religion is concerned, without beer.

      Perhaps it is because my ideas on these subjects were not altogether settled, and because I was prepared for something a bit better than the clumsy and inartistic, when I went first to a tannery, that I was not altogether surprised to find a keen, artistic, and altogether appreciative man at the head of it. He seemed so intensely interested in his work, indeed, so interested in every process, that the business took on quite a different aspect from what I had expected. I found him with his sleeves rolled up and his apron on, figuring out in chemical symbols the exact effect that certain elements would have on certain skins. Perhaps it was because he was a Frenchman more than because he was a tanner that he was so exceedingly courteous and polite. He smiled when I told him that I knew something of the theory of tanning, but wanted to see it in practice, and remarked that the theory was entertaining enough, but the practice was really absorbing. I asked him if he meant that for a pun, whereupon he informed me that a Frenchman rarely allowed himself to make, or even recognize, puns. This was encouraging, not to say

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