leather workers

Artisans treating skins

Leather workers are craftspeople who make, repair, or decorate items from animal hide—shoes, belts, bags, saddles, and similar goods.

The term covers various specialties: cobblers work with shoes, saddlers with horse equipment, tanners prepare raw hides.

The leather workers in the market sold handmade wallets and journal covers.

Related
  • awlPointed piercing implement
  • tannerHide-to-leather craftsperson
  • shoesProtective foot coverings
  • saddlerHorse equipment craftsman
  • artisanSkilled manual tradesperson

saddle stitch · medieval guilds · upholsterer · mallet · burnisher · book covers · creaser · groover · carving · belts · stitching · cobbler · bags · shoemaker · dyeing · jackets · tooling · lacing

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material worked

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Artisans shaping heated alloys

blacksmiths · woodworkers · glassblowers · carpenters · stonecutters

production method

leather workersfactory workers

Employees in manufacturing facilities

machine operators · assembly line workers

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G