Talk:Sheepskin

Untitled Question
So lambswool is actually leather? What about the sweaters that say they are made of lambswool? I've always thought it's just wool from young sheep.

Wool and sheepskin are two different things. One is the sheeps skin (with or without the wool) and the other is just the animals wool whick is shaved off. Zhuuu (talk) 02:35, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

Mouton?
http://m-w.com/dictionary/mouton defines this as "processed sheepskin that has been sheared and dyed to resemble beaver or seal". Can this be true?! Ewlyahoocom 05:55, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Donuts
What's this with the Japanese factory making sheepskin into a special donut? Surely thats crap?... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.108.252.252 (talk) 23:40, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Sheepskin/Shearling
This article does have a lot of good information but it should actually be displayed as an article on shearling. Sheepskin and/or lambskin is just that though the terms have been corrupted by the retail market. Shearlings are the skins that have the wool left on the hide. http://www.leatherchemists.org/dictionary.asp Fphjr (talk) 18:31, 13 September 2011 (UTC)


 * I do not agree! Sheepskin is the term more commonly used for a variety of situations. It seems that shearling is the more confused article.Cgoodwin (talk) 23:02, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

As I noted the public's understanding of the term sheepskin has been influenced by the retail market/marketers to a large extent. So, agreed, in common use sheepskin would be most likely identified as a wool-on skin. Would also note that, yes, different countries would view the term differently from a technical/historical perspective. It is difficult to find and quote information supportive of my earlier statement. Rather like proving a negative. The fact that shearling is a defined term in any good leather dictionary as a specific product is a back handed statement in support but hardly definitive. The only other reference I can give at this point is anecdotal but it is first hand. http://monadnockstories.org/winchester_stories/tannery/tannery_intro.html In 1973, when Stephen gave me my introduction/indoctrination at the AC Lawrence Leathers Shearling Division factory (it was definitely defined as "shearling division") he was very emphatic that we were tanning shearlings, not sheepskins. He explained, with a firm voice (he was much younger all those years ago), that sheepskin is the hide of a sheep, period. I was 20 at the time and not prone to paying much attention to what an employer had to say but, for some reason, his words are still in my head today. I am sort of new here as I am sure you can tell and there is no way I am going to attempt to edit an article. I am a bit nervous about doing anything to be honest. My suggestion, to strive for complete accuracy, is that the article deal with sheepskin as a leather as there are a great number of uses for "dehaired" sheep and lambskin and make quick references to common usage and a quick link to shearling.8.224.1.66 (talk) 18:56, 14 September 2011 (UTC)fphjr

The ethics section
This section is a shambles. Mentioning a brand of clothing (UGG) a second time is definitely undue weight. I'm going to delete the whole thing, and if anyone ever wants to add one like it, but with statements from various groups making their positions clear ("citations"), that would be great. Huw Powell (talk) 01:13, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

Production
It would be nice to see some info on import and export by various nations. Surprising not to see that in an article about a commodity. Huw Powell (talk) 01:13, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

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