I would not use those for binding corsets. I do bookbinding as a hobby and
those skins are vegetable tanned and very stiff and non stretchy as that is the
qualities useful in bookbinding. I believe washing skins are alumtanned or
something like that. At least they are much softer and pliable tha
well as the normal listings. There's a shoeseller who's retiring from the
> business and is selling off his inventory (id: parkridge101)
Mmm, I wish I was there!
A few years ago, a shoe making factory here inMmelbourne closed down and all
was being sold. People walked out with great machiner
I looked around a bit more on ebay, and there's several other sellers
offering it--do a search for kid skin, and be sure to check the stores as
well as the normal listings. There's a shoeseller who's retiring from the
business and is selling off his inventory (id: parkridge101) who has a cream
Oooh, check out those metallics!! I didn't see any white, but then
again I didn't look past the first page. It would be worth
contacting the seller to find out how thin the kid leather is.
At one point, the Silly Sisters (18thC clothing makers & merchants)
had stay binding leather ava
By the way, I've seen kidskin for sale as a bookbinding supply--in fact, at
the moment there's some up for sale on ebay:
http://stores.ebay.com/LEATHER-OUTLET
(click on kid skins under the store categories on the left)
It's about the same cost as buying a similar amount of chamois.
-E House
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The leather that I've seen binding the edges of 18th century stays is smooth
on the outside and rough on the reverse - like a pair of dressy gloves. (as
mentioned -kid gloves) This looks to be the same leather that was also used
on 19th century corsets I've seen. Though I can't swear to their anim
