A currier is a specialist in the
leather processing
industry. After the
tanning process, the currier
The Curriers' Company
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After currying, the leather is then ready to pass to the fashioning trades such as saddlery, bridlery, shoemaking and glovemaking.
See also
* Russia leather Russia leather is a particular form of bark-tanned cow leather. It is distinguished from other types of leather by a processing step that takes place after tanning, where birch oil is worked into the rear face of the leather. This produces a leather ...
, a historically important oiled leather, curried with a birch oil that gave it a distinctive scent.
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