Leatherworking in the Middle Ages

This page was created by Marc Carlson
It was last edited 9 June 2004

This site is divided into two areas: What we know was actually done in the Middle Ages, and 20th Century leatherworking done by Reenactors and Recreationists.  No criticism or editorial comment is intended by this separation.  It is intended to make things easier for people looking for different things.

• Credits
• Introduction

Part 1 -What was done?

• Period Leather-working techniques.
  • Tooling
  • Painting and Dyeing
  • Dyeing (by Ron Charlotte)
  • Tools
  • Thread
  • Styles Under Construction

Part 2 - How can we do it?

• Hardened Leather
  • Cuir Bouilli
  • Rawhide
• Period Leather (By Rick Cavasin)
  • Types of leather
  • Classifying/Identifying types of leather
  • Tanning your own leather
• Leather-working Techniques
  • Basic Leather Carving (By Jonathan Getty)
• Bibliography (by Sue Halleck, modified by Marc Carlson)
  • Leather - General
  • Leather - General Finds from Excavations
  • Leather - General Leather Goods Manufacture
  • Knife Sheaths
  • Shoes
  • Parchment
  • Books, Boxes, and Book Boxes
  • Saddlery
  • Miscellanous Leather
  • Partial References
• Medieval-Leather@Yahoogroups.com
• Miscellaneous Leather Sources and Links
• There is a PDF of the 3 March 2003 Revision of this Document here (Courtesy of Eric Isakson)

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