Words for different types of leatherworking [closed]
Solution 1:
Lacing - a way of joining two pieces of leather with thin strips
saddle-stitch - a specific type of stitch used when both sides of the seam is exposed, like the edges of a saddle
skiving - thinning the leter at the edges to avoid a double layer at a seam
tooling - using a variety of methods/tools to impress designs into a piece of leather for decoration (much like copper tooling)
Oh, there was a Inuit one for softening the leather by having old women chew it - (I'm not being sexist or agest - the word is that specific ...) but I forget it - any Inuit leather worker would probably know it though.
Solution 2:
Repair terms seem few, but here are some leather working terms:
- barkened, tanned
- barkometer, instrument for testing tanning solutions
- box-grain, a grain put into leather where lines are crossed
- catechu, a tanning material
- chagrin or shagreen, a leather with a rough surface
- chamar, an (east) Indian leather worker
- chuckler, an (east) Indian leather worker
- clout-leather, leather for shoe mending
- codder, leather worker or saddler
- cordwainer leather worker or shoemaker
- cordwainery, shoemaker's work
- crimp, to bend or mold leather, as in saddle making
- cuir-bouilli, soaked leather molded into some shape which is retained when dry
- currier, someone who dresses or colors leather
- dub, to rub grease into leather
- dubbing or dubbin, grease to apply to leather
- fellmonger, a dealer or worker of hides
- fisher, a tanner's implement
- fluff, to buff leather
- footing, material for footwear
- frieze, an imperfection in leather
- frizz, to rub leather to smooth and soften
- frot, to soften leather by rubbing
- grainer, a tool to impart a grain in leather
- grindery, tools & materials of leather workers
- hidebound, edged with leather
- hided, made of twisted hide
- jacked, hardened, as in leather
- kench, a box to hold salted seal skins
- leathern, made of leather
- mace, mallet to beat leather
- moellon, a wax for leather
- mulled, treated to make softer
- pannus corium, leather for footwear uppers.
- patch leather. leather for patching
- pebbling, using a roller to make an indented surface on leather
- pommel, ribbed wooden tool to improve leather
- pricker, tool to put spaced holes, as for sewing
- Rexine, an imitation leather (proprietary)
- riempie, leather strip used in chair backs, etc.
- sammy, to dampen or dry leather slightly
- scoring iron, tool to run lines on leather
- shaganappi, cord made from rawhide
- shamoy, to work grease into leather
- skiver, worker who splits leather
- sleeker, tool to smooth leather
- slicker, tool to smooth leather
- smoothing, an iron to smooth leather
- snuff, to curry or smooth leather
- spetch, a leather patch for mending leather items
- stamper, tool to beat leather with
- stark, tool to dress leather
- stitch-wheel, tool to put spaced holes (pricker)
- zug, a waterproof leather
Also, there may be a bunch of unusual terms for tanning materials and types of leather.