Exotic leather tanneries process the raw hides (that will naturally decompose) into a luxury leather that will not decompose. Tanning is a method of preserving the skin of an animal by drying it and treating it. Tanning has been around for thousands of years and the ancient applications of tanning hides were used for clothing, harnesses, weapons and armor, and shoes.

Modern day leather tanning is an intricate process that can result in a finished skin with a variety of unique textures and colors. The process typically starts with the purchase of raw materials from a farmer of a legal species of animal, or that species is culled from the wild (as is the case with Bruchell Zebra and Nile Crocodile).

The skin is first prepared by stripping all meat and fat from the hide, then processed for drying by “salting” the skins. This drying keeps the skin from decaying and ruining the leather.

The actual tanning process relies either on vegetable tanning or mineral tanning (chromium sulfate). Hides are immersed in tanning fluids, sometimes for weeks, and the tanning process is used to create the desired outcome of that leather.

Once the leather is made, a finish is applied. Finishes can be dyed, painted, waxed, injected, or through a number of other applications depending on the specific type of leather and the desired outcome.

While cow leather is the most common leather that is often not spoken much about, exotic leathers such as stingray, shagreen (shark), crocodile, alligator, furs, can all be tanned and finished with much more luxury feel. They can also be used in most applications where cow leather can be used, thus increasing both the perceived and actual value of produced material goods.

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