Ages ago I was taught that there were two ways to dye leather: drum dyed, where you stir the hides around in a big vat of dye, and surfaced dyed, where you paint the dye on one side of the leather. The problem with surface dyed is that it shows every scuff and wear mark and needs to be touched up, while drum dyed forces you to become one with your clothing - or at least it's color. Tired of black hands after almost every motorcycle ride I searched out surface dyed gloves but finally gave up and started wearing 'natural' colored deerskin and goatskin.
The only colourfast gloves I ever got were a cheap Chinese black pair I bought a few years ago at Middle Earth Leather in Syracuse. They're about worn out.
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Ages ago I was taught that there were two ways to dye leather: drum dyed, where you stir the hides around in a big vat of dye, and surfaced dyed, where you paint the dye on one side of the leather. The problem with surface dyed is that it shows every scuff and wear mark and needs to be touched up, while drum dyed forces you to become one with your clothing - or at least it's color. Tired of black hands after almost every motorcycle ride I searched out surface dyed gloves but finally gave up and started wearing 'natural' colored deerskin and goatskin.
They'll certainly see you coming! And going...
"Now with Palm Rivets!". I remember those. Did they ever work? I get the idea but how was the execution...
The only colourfast gloves I ever got were a cheap Chinese black pair I bought a few years ago at Middle Earth Leather in Syracuse. They're about worn out.
Fashion came and went, I expect. The fear was they would heat up while sliding and burn your skin. I never put them to the test.
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