leatherworkers

Tanners and saddlers

Leatherworkers are craftspeople who make or repair items from animal hide—shoes, belts, bags, saddles, and the like.

The term covers a range of specialties: cobblers work with footwear, saddlers with horse tack, tanners prepare raw hides.

The leatherworkers in the old quarter still make everything by hand.

trades

cobbler

Shoe repair artisan

upholsterer · belter · bookbinder · shoemaker · bootmaker · armorer · currier · skinner

products

saddle

Mounted rider's seat

  • harnessStraps controlling an animal
  • beltStrap securing trousers
  • walletSmall case for currency

holster · sheath · bag · boot · shoe · glove · jacket · briefcase · satchel · strap

materials

hide

Conceal or pelt

sheepskin · pigskin · horsehide · full-grain · top-grain · suede · nubuck · rawhide · pelt · kidskin

tools

awl

Pointed piercing implement

punch · needle · groover · maul · skiver · slicker · workbench

techniques

tooling

Industrial machinery preparation

burnishing · skiving · beveling · dyeing · lacing · stamping · punching · edging · creasing · molding

tanning

tannery

Leather-making facility

bating · pickling · stretching · crusting · splitting · aniline · patina

Categories
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material specialty

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Artisans shaping heated alloys

woodworkers · blacksmiths · weavers · glassblowers · potters

relationship to animal products

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Advocates for creature welfare

Family

leatherworker

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G