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Another historical artifact found during some recent organizing. That’s the first time we’ve seen the date 1604 mentioned and other records put our founding earlier. However, we’ve been tanning “buckskin” (deerskin) for a long time. Some of our oldest formulas and sales records mention deerskin. For many years, we were importing Brazilian Jacks, a jungle deer species, as these hides were dense and thick, that is until they banned export in the late 1970’s due to overhunting. Deer buckskin made great leather padding for piano parts and we sold it continuously for 150 years until our last customer stopped using it in 2005. We still produce deer and offer our tan and return service for those who want to bring their hides by... classic design on the logo don’t think? #genuine . . . . . #buckskin #genuinebuckskin #tannery #deerskin #vegtan #vegtanleather #northbergen #500years #familybusiness #pergamena #cuir Some beautiful furniture weight natural grain finished #vegtancowhide going out to a customer for a bespoke set of chairs. #soshiny #black . . . . . #tannedinNY#madeinusa #madeinNY #madeintheHudsonValley #vegtan #cowhide #leatherfurniture #vegetabletanned #vegetabletannedleather #vegtanleather #pergamena #familybusiness #500years Another batch of #sustainableleather coming down the line! These are vegtan sheep dyed and drying on the screens. Humanely harvested, completely traceable, regeneratively farmed, and completely sustainable. What more can you ask for? Glad to be part of the chain of production! #carbonnegative . . . . . #vegtan #sustainablefashion #farmtofashion #leatherfromtheland #vegetabletanned #vegtanleather #madeinusa #tannedinNY #madeinthehudsonvalley #familybusiness #500years Another facet from our trip to @colonialwmsburg , our visit with the Leicester Longwool. A rare wool sheep breed these days of which they have several here, but back in the day (@1700) they were the standard sheep breed. As the colonial population grew and spread westward though, different breeds better suited to different grasses and dryer, hotter conditions became popular and the Longwool pretty much died out. These were brought back from outside the country to reestablish the population in Virginia, and there are several hundred being raised around the US now. As part of our work with the Leather discussion group, we’ve taken on the task of doing a trial tannage with a sheep hide from a sick sheep culled from the herd. We’ll work on testing using authentic tanning production methods. Also, related question we didn’t cover: why don’t people eat mutton nowadays? 🤔🤔 #stewedmutton . . . . . #rarebreed #leicesterlongwool #vegtanleather #archivalleathers #bookconservation #tannery #leathertanning #bookarts #pergamena #sheepskin