The Leather used in our unique products
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Hello everyone! I hope you’re all doing great!
Many of you have asked about the process behind the leather used in our unique products. Wonder no more! In this post, we’ll explore the traditional leather-making process that has been used since the 11th century.
As many of you already know, our business is based in the ochre city of Marrakech. This city is renowned not only for its historical monuments, splendid hotels, and delicious cuisine but also for its tanneries.
Inside the tanneries, skins from slaughterhouses go through seven stages before becoming beautiful pieces of leather. Here are the stages:
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Salt and Water: Skins are placed in a 2.5-meter-deep vat for two days. Up to 120 skins are washed in this vat.
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Limestone: After two days in the salt and water vat, skins are transferred to another vat filled with lime, which removes hair from the skins. The vat holds 300 units.
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Guano: Skins are then placed in a vat filled with guano, an organic fertilizer, to soften them. This stage takes three days.
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Bran: The next vat contains a mixture of bran and flour. This mixture, like guano, softens the skins and gives them a whitish color.
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Mimosa: Mimosa plant, along with other vegetable dyes, is used in the dyeing process. For example:
- Poppy flowers for red
- Indigo plant for blue
- Henna tree for orange
- Saffron for yellow
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Drying: Skins are laid on rooftops to dry for a whole day under the sun.
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Cutting: Skins are brought inside where artisans remove any remaining hair with sharp tools, polish the interior side, and cut the skins into desired shapes.
This process may seem simple, but it requires hard work and many days to create a perfect piece of leather. Our loyal customers deserve the best products, and we take pride in our craftsmanship.
I hope you enjoyed this blog. Remember, your satisfaction motivates us to give our best.
Feel free to check out our new items at www.Martleather.com.
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