Does anyone know what tanning methods are used for the russet horsehide that LostWorlds uses ? It's quite stiff when brand new,almost cardboard like and softens up after a bunch of wear, etc. I figure it's too stiff to have been chrome tanned, probably veg tanned. But I'm pretty sure it's pigment dyed, well that's my assumption. But would they have pigment dyed veg tanned horsehide? I sort of thought that most of the pigment was sprayed on chrome leathers back in the old days and Veg tanned would have gotten an aniline or simi-aniline finish.