Vegetable tanned - or tanoak - leather Vegetable tanned - or tanoak - leather was hung until ready for shipping. Vegetable leather dried naturally over a period of days. Salz Tannery switched to a chrome process about 1961. The chrome process made a softer tannage, more suitable for footwear and garments. Chrome tanned leather could be dried in a matter of hours. Because it was faster, it was more commercial. Source of information: Jeremy Lezin
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Vegetable tanned - or tanoak - leather was hung until ready for shipping. Vegetable leather dried naturally over a period of days. Salz Tannery switched to a chrome process about 1961. The chrome process made a softer tannage, more suitable for footwear and garments. Chrome tanned leather could be dried in a matter of hours. Because it was faster, it was more commercial. Source of information: Jeremy Lezin
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