Old Time Leather Dyes & Harness Preps

[ChuckBurrows]

Scroll down the page for some interesting info........
http://chestofbooks.com/reference/Henley-s-20th-Century-Formulas-Recipes-Processes-Vol2/Dyeing-Leather.html

www.aurorasilk.com carries the extracts of hypernic, fustic, and logwood used in some of the above recipes.......

http://chestofbooks.com/reference/Henley-s-20th-Century-Formulas-Recipes-Processes-Vol2/Harness-Preparations.html

[Marshal Will Wingam]

Good links, Chuck. Thanks for posting them. I'll add this thread onto our Old Time Dye thread after everyone has had a chance to read this and/or add their comments.

[RollingThunder]

Hair of bat. Eye of newt. LOL. Some of these recipes do set one to chuckling. Especially when I tell the wife I need to get online and buy some hypernic. And Logwood.

She asked me, and rightly so, "Aren't all logs wood?"

One of these years I'll actually get the time to try this stuff. Thanks for pointing out references like these Chuck. Without folks like you, I don't know if the chemistry of leatherworking would become a lost art. God bless ya!

[santee]

Without folks like you, I don't know if the chemistry of leatherworking would become a lost art. God bless ya!

I agree. Chuck works hard to use traditional methods, and it shows in his work. It's also having a profound effect here. Look how many folks are experimenting with vinagaroon and walnut dyes!