Re: 1955 Caribbean ad

Posted by HH56 On 2012/5/7 10:35:16

Perhaps they don't have the ready skilled labor anymore -- or no one wants to pay for that step.

There was a "How It's Made" or similar show on leather mfg and one of the last steps mentioned in the procedure was how they get a shine on quality processed leather. Have to burnish it under a heavy moving glass rod. Believe it compressed and tightened or closed the pores. Showed a machine rapidly moving this thick rod thing back and forth with a guy sliding a hide around under it. Said that it took an "artist" to know when enough was enough and each hide was different. Too much in one spot and the hide was damaged, not long enough and a different finish in the midst. No mention whether any chemical means are used.