Excerpt from Practical Tanning: A Handbook of Modern Processes, Receipts, and Suggestions for the Treatment of Hides, Skins and Pelts of Every Description, Including Various Patents Relating to Tanning, With Specifications
In the Appendix a number of patented processes are described. No doubt the intelligent tanner and student will find much of interest and suggestion in this portion of the book.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is the third edition of a practical, not theoretical, treatise on tanning, aiming to give readers detailed instructions on improving their leathercraft. Its author has decades of experience in both the craft and teaching it, and he has collated both his own knowledge and that of other experts for the benefit of the reader. Inside, you will find not only methods for creating specific traditional products but explanations of the underlying science behind them. Many of the formulas and processes in this book are either unique to it or have been thoroughly tested and adapted by the author. It is an ideal resource for both experienced tanners and beginners, with a wealth of information on topics such as selecting the right materials, preserving them, treating them with chemicals, dyeing them, finishing them, and even tanning unusual materials such as woolskins. It concludes with a series of valuable patented processes. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781333871246_0
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