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| − | + | Tanning with fats and oils is a very old method of tanning skins and hides. It involves the use of fat-rich animal substances such as [[Brain tanning|brain]], fish oil, sebum or marrow are used. It can also be done with soap, claw oil, yak butter or egg yolk. In olden times, animals were mainly hunted for food, clothing and shelter and using animal fats to preserve their skins was common practice. | |
| − | It is believed that | + | It is believed that 5,000 years ago, [[leather]] for [[leather shoes|shoes]], [[Leather tents & Tent walls|tent walls]], [[Leather straps|straps]] and [[leather clothing]] had been preserved by fat tanning and subsequent smoking. |
Revision as of 14:34, 28 November 2016
Tanning with fats and oils is a very old method of tanning skins and hides. It involves the use of fat-rich animal substances such as brain, fish oil, sebum or marrow are used. It can also be done with soap, claw oil, yak butter or egg yolk. In olden times, animals were mainly hunted for food, clothing and shelter and using animal fats to preserve their skins was common practice.
It is believed that 5,000 years ago, leather for shoes, tent walls, straps and leather clothing had been preserved by fat tanning and subsequent smoking.
Leather thousands of years ago: Shoes and tent walls.
Additional information
- Tanning
- Tannins
- Chrome tanning
- Vegetable tanning
- Synthetic tanning
- Brain tanning
- Chamois leather
- Tawing with alum
Videos about the leather production
The leather production in a modern tannery.
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| Chrome tanning - Vegetable-tanned leather - Synthetic tanning - Tanning with fats and oils |
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