Leather Craft Manual

Detailed in this text are a variety of leatherworking techniques and guides that will instruct the reader on how to make plethora of serviceable and decorative items. Accessible and detailed, this compendium comes complete with helpful illustrations and photographs which will enable even the amateur to create a range of attractive and useful items out of leather. Chapters contained within this text include: 'History of Tanning', 'The Sources of Hides and Skins', 'Preparation of Hides and Skins for Tanning', 'Tanning or Making into Leather', 'Dyeing Leathers', 'Staining and Finishing Leathers', and 'General Notes on Leathers'. This text has been elected for modern republication due to its immense educational value, and is proudly republished here with a new introduction to the subject.

© 2016 Johnston Press (E-bog): 9781473356580

Release date

E-bog: 6. september 2016