That was kind of my point of mentioning leather is a byproduct. From what I understand we’re not raising cattle for the leather. If beef production goes down, leather prices will go up as it becomes less available. But it seems like if an animal is going to be getting killed, we can at least try and respect it enough to use as much of it as we can, like the Native Americans.
What are those vegan materials made out of? Are we talking some kind of canvas case, or some petroleum based material pretending to be leather?
Mushrooms are a big one, and they might have a promising path forward eventually.
They’re just not there. Leather is extremely versatile and excellent at a bunch of different applications depending how you choose to split it and tan it (in addition to being fucking beautiful if handled correctly at the start and over time).
That was kind of my point of mentioning leather is a byproduct. From what I understand we’re not raising cattle for the leather. If beef production goes down, leather prices will go up as it becomes less available. But it seems like if an animal is going to be getting killed, we can at least try and respect it enough to use as much of it as we can, like the Native Americans.
What are those vegan materials made out of? Are we talking some kind of canvas case, or some petroleum based material pretending to be leather?
Mushrooms are a big one, and they might have a promising path forward eventually.
They’re just not there. Leather is extremely versatile and excellent at a bunch of different applications depending how you choose to split it and tan it (in addition to being fucking beautiful if handled correctly at the start and over time).