Interesting Leather Tanning Report .pdf

• Aug 25, 2014

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From 1930! Looks like it's talking about combination tanning (vegetable AND chrome) comparing it to vegetable.
http://naldc.nal.usda.gov/naldc/download.xhtml?id=CAT86200163&content=PDF

 

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• Aug 25, 2014

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• Aug 25, 2014

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Please don't turn this into an argument. It's an interesting/informative read and I thought I'd share it.

 

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• Aug 25, 2014

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OK, you will appreciate this discusses sole leathers which is subject to different kind of use compared to jackets.

 

• Aug 25, 2014

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nick123 said:

Please don't turn this into an argument. It's an interesting/informative read and I thought I'd share it.

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What's there to argue about? The report is actually very conclusive.

 

• Aug 25, 2014

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Hmmm a report from almos 100 years ago discussing tanning processes for leather shoe soles... What's the relevance?

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• Aug 25, 2014

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Worf said:

Hmmm a report from almos 100 years ago discussing tanning processes for leather shoe soles... What's the relevance?

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Perhaps tests like this influenced the use of chrome tanning in jackets? The article also mentions a short supply of natural tannins, which would theoretically mean vegetable tanned leather for jackets would possibly have been in short supply or harder to obtain at the time. Could this test have been one of the things the military took into consideration when they put together the criteria for the A-2? I understand the test involved soles but maybe it was a more controlled form of experiment than handing out identical jackets to the test subjects, or they had a vision of wide spread application not limited to shoes?

At the least I find it fascinating. But I'm a dork.

 

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• Aug 25, 2014

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This reminds me why I chose not to take chemistry class... Interesting read, though.