Re: [BKARTS] Strength of Goatskin: tearing/splitting troubles

["roroberts@xxxxxxxx" <roroberts@xxxxxxxx>]

Peter,
Age was my first thought as I've had the same experience with old skins. It was perhaps a week here in my shop, and both importer and tanner said the skin was not old. The tanner turns over stock quickly, and the importer too..... ... should even 15 years cause such a decline in tear strength?

Bob Roberts
www.gildedleafbindery.com

-- Peter Verheyen <verheyen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
How old is the skin and how has it been stored. I have some old morocco
which I can easily tear - totally dessicated... (It was old when it was
given to me...)

p.

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