05-01-2012, 04:59 PM
How would the Romans have tanned their leather? Would chemicals be present in what they used? I suppose to be historically accurate, you might want to start with untanned hide and tan it according to ancient methods. Plastic bags and all might work well, but the finished product would be unlike what they had. It sounds like a lot of work, but the objections to leather and chemical poisoning, would not have been a problem for the Romans if their tanning methods did not include those chemicals.
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