Leather Workers Manual From The 1900S

[mlapaglia]

I found a Google book The leather workers manual from the 1900's and has a lot of great old info, Chapters 4 and 5 are about making Dyes, Stains, Vinergaroon and other ways to color leather. The other chapters are full of recipes for all sorts of things having to do with leather work.

I found out that you can make a bright yellow stain with turmeric (a spice). Its got a lot of great information. Not everything is applicable to today but worth the read.

I have included the table of contents to give you an idea of what it contains.

FYI it takes a long time to load and the first 8-10 pages are blank.

(I did a search and did not find information about this book on this site. If I missed it I apologize for the duplication)

Table of contents.pdf

[Northmount]

Thanks. Always enjoy reviewing old books. The download is 3.8 MB. Downloaded here in just a few seconds. Thought that seems strange, opened the file and it's all there.

Thanks again. Tom

[eireman72]

Thanks for the share. I love old stuff like this!

[Lavendara]

I love reading old writing like this because of how very different they wrote. It's a nice change from today's literature sometimes.

From the preface: "This idea the writer at once seized on, and by means of a small advertisement in the leather trade journal, proved the truth of the editor's observations during the following twelve months..." Sometimes it feels nice to read that instead of how it would be written nowadays.

[Logans Leather]

Excellent book. Ton's of info in it. That one is part of my digital library on leather working. This is another great old text on leather working, also available on google books:

http://books.google.com/books?id=NcUrAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=leather+work&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MaNPUvCTJ4GTiAKo7IHgCg&ved=0CEsQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=leather%20work&f=false