Leather: From the Raw Material to the Finished Product

"Leather: From the Raw Material to the Finished Product" by K. J. Adcock is a highly technical book that walks through everything about how to make leather in the early 1900s. The book starts at the beginning of the history of how leather was manufactured, from the ancient Egyptians, who were good at it even though they didn’t have today’s machines. The book shares how leather comes from animal skins and how techniques have changed from simple drying to complex chemical processes like chrome tanning. It builds the foundation to explore the materials, preparation methods, and machinery that have changed how leather is made, highlighting how both science and art help make leather.