10-22-2014, 02:51 PM
"Would you say that in practical terms, this means reenactors for early periods could justifiably use soft grained leathers like commercial buckskin?"
I see no reason why not, we are rather limited on what's generally commercially available but personally I wouldn't go with chrome tan and would rather see natural tanned or cured leathers used...
I see no reason why not, we are rather limited on what's generally commercially available but personally I wouldn't go with chrome tan and would rather see natural tanned or cured leathers used...
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
