Tanning Leather

Clip from Edwardian Farm. Description of leather tanning from Medieval to Edwardian times: http://mittelzeit.blogspot.ca/2014/06/leather-tanning-medieval-to-edwardian.html BBC Farm series: Tales from the Green Valley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSpqpwJ__Ek&list=PLrYzzr8yja6FUA6S_xLEwRkc6ygmij5xQ Tudor Monastery Farm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1ERDYjsHBg&list=PLrYzzr8yja6FUg-3jbfHILhh6JFtnj7uq Victorian Farm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5T2TU-Na_c&list=PLrYzzr8yja6F2f4_hxuK2T3pF8XgD82Zw Edwardian Farm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcBl4_2FJX4&list=PLrYzzr8yja6E-5y2gUvJNlI3eBobkbFs5 Wartime Farm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hou91pLDvDs&list=PLrYzzr8yja6FjTvB4yJp41J6-ebSJJ37Z Suede leather is made from the underside of the skin, primarily lamb, although goat, calf and deer are commonly used. Splits from thick hides of cow and deer are also sueded, but, due to the fibre content, have a shaggy nap. Because suede does not include the tough exterior skin layer, suede is less durable but softer than standard ("full-grain") leather.