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Kai Lawson
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Is this available yet, and are there links for it? Obviously I could just Google it, but if people have links that donate or benefit anyone here in some way, I’d prefer to do that.
"And they crossed swords."
--William Goldman, alias S. Morgenstern
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Dan D'Silva
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| Harry Marinakis wrote: | | I have never heard of barberry. It was not mentioned in any of the manuscripts that I've reviewed. |
It's apparently just the ornamental barberry shrub (Berberis), but for all I know, it may not have been used as a dye until more recently.
| Harry Marinakis wrote: | | I'm afraid that, with rare except, none of the medieval dyes are washfast or sunfast. |
Ah... well, I guess then rapid fading will look all the more authentic 
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Jeremy V. Krause
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Harry,
I don't see you mention white or off-white in your posts or shown on the front of your book.
We have period illustrations showing white leather being used. What are your thoughts on that?
Thanks
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Harry Marinakis
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| Jeremy V. Krause wrote: | Harry,
I don't see you mention white or off-white in your posts or shown on the front of your book.
We have period illustrations showing white leather being used. What are your thoughts on that?
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There is no medieval white leather dye.
Leather can be colored by the tanning process. White leather is usually alum tanned.
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Brian K.
Industry Professional
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Joined: 01 Jan 2008
Posts: 726
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| Posted: Wed 06 May, 2020 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Harry Marinakis wrote: | | Jeremy V. Krause wrote: | Harry,
I don't see you mention white or off-white in your posts or shown on the front of your book.
We have period illustrations showing white leather being used. What are your thoughts on that?
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There is no medieval white leather dye.
Leather can be colored by the tanning process. White leather is usually alum tanned. |
Harry is correct. True white leather is done through the tanning process. You can paint leather white, but it will eventually fail, if not right away. Even modern made dye makers gave up on making white dye, as it just fails miserably.
Brian Kunz
www.dbkcustomswords.com
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Victor R.
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| Posted: Wed 06 May, 2020 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Brian K. wrote: | | Harry Marinakis wrote: | | Jeremy V. Krause wrote: | Harry,
I don't see you mention white or off-white in your posts or shown on the front of your book.
We have period illustrations showing white leather being used. What are your thoughts on that?
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There is no medieval white leather dye.
Leather can be colored by the tanning process. White leather is usually alum tanned. |
Harry is correct. True white leather is done through the tanning process. You can paint leather white, but it will eventually fail, if not right away. Even modern made dye makers gave up on making white dye, as it just fails miserably. |
This must be the reason for that cheap, nasty white patent leather popular with used car salesmen and televangelists the world over.
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Jonathan U.
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Super excited for this! I've been trying to use as many traditional dyes as I can and a book with this much knowledge sounds perfect!
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Craig Renaud
Location: Toronto, Canada Joined: 07 Sep 2017
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Popping in to say I'll be very interested in a copy when it's done! Great work!
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Harry Marinakis
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Regarding my book on medieval leather dyes....
My manuscript has been declined by many publishers who specialize in historical books.
I solicited commercial copy editors to polish the manuscript for re-submission to publishers, and even the copy editors are all turning down paid work.
Does anyone know of any copy editors who might be interested in some work like this?
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This is a