Home Made Belt Grinder/Honer.

[Yorkie]

Well bless my soul - Holmes Hall Tannery is about 100 yards from the office where I used to work in Hull. (You need a peg on your nose if you get in close proximity to the tannery!). I knew the manager quite well as they were a very good customer of British Gas, where I was then General Manager. It's a strange business to be in, because at one end, they're buying hides from abbatoirs, and at the other end on the spectrum, supplying the finest hides to Rolls Royce, Bentley et al for upholstery, and to fashion houses in the UK and countries such as Italy for shoes and clothing. The clientelle who they buy from are very different from those to whom they sell! There's no such thing as a 'perfect' hide because cattle scratch up against fences, trees etc to scratch themselves. It's why car seats are panelled so that the hides can be cut to exclude any any defects.

All of which is irrelvant waffle, of no help at all to Colin's quest for honing belt leather!