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Subject: [Healeys] leathers
From: barrie at look.ca (Barrie Robinson)
Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 11:29:39 -0400
References: <20110519.121930.27582.0@webmail06.vgs.untd.com> <EB190602-5670-4129-9AD8-07A6676A7D67@cox.net>
You do remember that leather used to be tanned using human urine - do 
you not?  Does a great job too !


At 06:21 PM 5/19/2011, Eric (Rick) Wilkins wrote:
>And some of the old simple "chemicals" were dropped in favor of high
>tech solutions. Hide glue and other animal products like horse hair
>are a big part of the smell that was lost to plastic resin glues and
>such.
>
>Wilko
>
>>
>>  What I find is that NO leather smells like
>>that anymore as tanning chemicals and techneques have completely
>>changed. Is
>>that true??    Mike Gougeon   '56 BN2
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Regards

Barrie
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