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For centuries, to form clothing or shoes, tanners softened raw animal hide by applying extremely astringent tannin (found most commonly in the bark of the tanoak tree). Tannin binds to animals' natural collagen proteins and softens hides.

By Bill St. John, Special to Tribune Newspapers

October 17, 2012

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