Advice & Care
Browse the Radermecker Tannery articles and find a wealth of information on leather care and leather working for craftsmen and enthusiasts.
Leather working tools
Two expert customers: Mr Eric Deneken - Eden Esprit Cuir & Mrs Laetitia Lauwerie - Sellerie Bourrellerie Laetitia, explain the different tools for working with leather...
Vegetable-tanned leather: how to recognize it?
Radermecker Tannery reveals its technique: the flame technique.
Leather hide zones
What are the different hide areas of the leather and their characteristics?
The thickness of the leather
How do you measure the thickness of leather? What is remade and unremade flesh? What are the thicknesses of our saddle leathers ?
Leather dye
What is leather dyeing? What is surface dyeing of leather? What is mass dyeing of leather?
Leather food
Why bring food to the leather? What is emulsion feed? What is feed in a tallow bath?
The finish of the leather
What is an aniline finish? What is a semi-aniline finish? What is a pigmented finish?
full grain leather
What is full grain leather ? What are its advantages? What's the difference between full grain leather and grain leather...
