Part 1: Straining process
The location is Daikoku-cho, Osaka. There are many companies related to leather and sewing products in the surrounding area.The leather used for dünn is made from a single piece that is thinly processed. Although small skiving machines are relatively easy to purchase and operate, skill is required to use such a large skiving machine and to perform the skiving process almost evenly. As the roller-shaped blade rotates, the leather is skived and sharpened at the same time.
This is the roller blade.
When I checked the website of the manufacturer of the skiving machine , it seems that there is a distinction between processing a part of the leather as "leather skiving" and processing the whole leather as "sukiwari". There is also an explanation of something similar to this machine. The remaining leather with the silver surface removed. This leather is thicker than the leather used in dunn. At the moment, it looks like we have no choice but to recycle... I feel like I can make something.
Here is the pattern in progress. It seemed very quick to me, but since the leather is thin, they process it slowly. At first glance, the craftsmen's hands are light, so it looks easy at first glance, but it requires a very high level of skill to uniformly process large materials. Craftsmen who specialize in sukiwari and are highly skilled are valuable, so tanners all over the country seem to be constantly requesting their work. Our manufacturing is supported by the reliable techniques of Osaka craftsmen. After this, the thinly processed leather goes to the back processing process.