![]() ![]() …when properly produced, morocco goatskins are very durable, flexible, beautifully grained, and relatively strong… The skins are…. …by long usage, the term “morocco” is taken to denote a goatskin, tanned by any vegetable tannage, and boarded in the wet condition… “…A vegetable tanned leather having a characteristic pinhead grain pattern developed either naturally or by means of graining or boarding, but never by embossing… ![]() It is to be hoped that George Eastman chose his suppliers with some attention to their methodology.Įtherington and Roberts’ publication on bookbinding defines Moroccoan leather thus: The descriptions of boiling the skins in lye or the days soaking in the nearby river provide an intriguing historical perspective, but the accounts of extended sojourns in extracts of dog feces are unappealing. The Household Cyclopedia of General Knowledge‘s account from 1881 of the preparation of Moroccan leather makes interesting reading but is not for the weak of stomach. It is worth noting that true Moroccan leather is made from goatskin the French make an imitation from sheepskin, which is also known as saffian. The three most common camera coverings are leather of the “Morocco” variety, typically found on the older, pre-1925 roll film cameras and large format cameras harder black leather encountered on post-1925 roll film cameras and leatherette and other artificial coverings found on prewar to modern cameras. There may, of course, be a few digressions… This posting will cover some of the basic techniques that I use in camera restoration: leather restoration, bellows repair, and maintenance of camera interiors. ![]()
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