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<blockquote data-quote="Surgoshan" data-source="post: 4262301" data-attributes="member: 61205">In order to make leather armor you have to hunt and kill an animal with thick skin.&nbsp; The skin, filthy with gore, is soaked in water to clean it.&nbsp; Then it's pounded and scoured to remove any remaining flesh and fat.&nbsp; Then the hide is either coated with a caustic or allowed to rot for several months to allow the hair to be removed.&nbsp; Then it's thoroughly imbued with dung to make it supple, a process that takes hours.&nbsp; Next they actually tan it, by soaking the leather in baths of vegetable tannin increasing concentrations over a period of several weeks.&nbsp; FINALLY they boil the leather in water, then mold it into a suitable shape when it's removed from the water...All told it's a very labor and time intensive process.&nbsp; It's not like you can kill an animal, skin it, and say &quot;Hey!&nbsp; I gots leather armor!&quot;&nbsp; So, yeah, I think it should be more expensive.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Surgoshan, post: 4262301, member: 61205"] In order to make leather armor you have to hunt and kill an animal with thick skin. The skin, filthy with gore, is soaked in water to clean it. Then it's pounded and scoured to remove any remaining flesh and fat. Then the hide is either coated with a caustic or allowed to rot for several months to allow the hair to be removed. Then it's thoroughly imbued with dung to make it supple, a process that takes hours. Next they actually tan it, by soaking the leather in baths of vegetable tannin increasing concentrations over a period of several weeks. FINALLY they boil the leather in water, then mold it into a suitable shape when it's removed from the water... All told it's a very labor and time intensive process. It's not like you can kill an animal, skin it, and say "Hey! I gots leather armor!" So, yeah, I think it should be more expensive. [/QUOTE]

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