hide tanning
Processing animal skins
Hide tanning is the process of converting raw animal skins into leather.
The hide is treated with chemicals, oils, or plant-based tannins to preserve it and make it flexible and durable.
Traditional methods use bark extracts; modern industrial tanning typically uses chromium salts.
He learned hide tanning from his grandfather, who made all his own leather goods.
- leatherTanned animal skin
- rawhideUntanned animal skin
- buckskinTanned deer pelt
- scrapingRubbing away material
- brainsMental capacity, informally
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