Members billybopp Posted February 20, 2015 Members Report Posted February 20, 2015 I'm pretty sure that DavidL is preparing for the soon to come worldwide zombie apocalypse. He is set to be the world's sole remaining leather craftsman when that happens with control over the entire market and the entire supply chain from beef/hide on the hoof to the high end bag market. He will be supplanting Hermes, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, and all of the other high end bag manufacturers at one go when all of their workers become zombified. When the money from high end bags is flowing in, he will then re-invest in more facilities and maybe even branch out into leather clothing to protect from zombie bites, and other practical items such as horse tack as the world devolved into a 19th century lifestyle. Yup. It'll be one heck of a business model! Bill Quote
Members Geneva Posted February 20, 2015 Members Report Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) You have no concept of what your are talking about!!!!! You should stop smoking those funny cigarettes they reduce your brain power by a lot. I know of a tannery for sale. It was at one time the largest tannery on the east coast. I worked there for while. It was the Westfield Tannery they made Tex Tan and Herman oak, English bridle, harness leather, shoe soles, floor tile all vegetable tanned. The last I knew they turned out about 1200 hides a month before they went out business. There is a guy in here that used to be one of the bosses at the tannery he runs the RJF leather Co. in Elmira, Ny. It needs a lot of machinery; the cheapest of which is not the band splitter that will handle a full/half side of leather they are around 150,000 dollars. That doesn't include a sanding machine a water roller. You need to find a different dream or nightmare what ever you call it. I will leave you alone now. Edited February 20, 2015 by Geneva Quote
Members BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted February 21, 2015 Members Report Posted February 21, 2015 Absolute bare bones? Look into brain tanning. There is a lot of info out there for buckskining. Quote You laugh at me because I am different. I laugh at you because you are all the same.
Members DavidL Posted February 21, 2015 Author Members Report Posted February 21, 2015 (edited) brain tanning is interesting as leather can be made quick and cheap il give it another look over. The discussion on the cost of machinery is helpful as it is something I should avoid on something this scale. So pit tanning is the way to go about it money wise. As with everything there will always be 1000 different excuses not to do something but rarely a reason not to try. I did more research and found and read a book called art of tanning - 1850 ish. there was reference of using other tannins found in other woods instead of Oak which is not effective, cutting down the time by more than 50 percent which is good news waiting for 3 months is better than a year. Next step is to contact a leather tanning supplier and get a basic tanning set up formulated. Work out the kinks in the process by consulting with a leather chemist. Do some test runs on some hides and perfect the techniques. Easier said than done.. More likely I will do regular bark tanning in the future along side leather working and I will see from there. Edited February 21, 2015 by DavidL Quote
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