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The subtitle reads From the Raw Material to the Finished Product, and the author is given as K. J. Adcock. The text says there is an intermediate size between a full-grown calf skin and a small hide, known as a "kip," but the line of demarcation is not very clear. The text observes that furriers always refer to both their raw material and the finished product as skins, irrespective of the size of the fur-bearing animals. The text says the market prices of hides are to a large extent controlled by the supply in North and South America, South Africa, and Australia.
The text describes a blunt, convex-shaped knife fitted into two wooden handles, with the hides placed on a sloping convex beam supported by a trestle. The text says there are several types of unhairing machines, of which the Leidgen more nearly approaches hand work than any other.
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