05-09-2013, 12:53 AM
A few years ago someone mentioned a shellfish to me which could produce a red dye which could be used to stain leather. I do not know the name of this shellfish though so cannot offer much more.
Regarding blue, when I was choosing leather for my own scabbard, I queried the colour of a piece of dark blue lambskin I had with an expert of natural dyes. He felt that such a colour could probably be achieved quite easily on leather using woad (picked at the right time of year) augmented with iron filings, which he said were known to have been used in the dying process in Roman times. Not, of course, that that means that the Romans did actually did that.
Crispvs
Regarding blue, when I was choosing leather for my own scabbard, I queried the colour of a piece of dark blue lambskin I had with an expert of natural dyes. He felt that such a colour could probably be achieved quite easily on leather using woad (picked at the right time of year) augmented with iron filings, which he said were known to have been used in the dying process in Roman times. Not, of course, that that means that the Romans did actually did that.
Crispvs
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