>And if you wanted it really
>soft, for rich folk's glove leathers say, it went in
>the mastering pit, in a solution of hot water and
>animal faeces which smelt truly awful.
I come from a long line of oakbark tanners and my memory of the pits as a
child lives in my mind. Rectangular stone-flagged holes full of
yellowbrown urinous liquid. Strangely, the smell is not entirely
unpleasant, once you get used to it.
Best
Alison
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|