Talk:Shearling

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[edit] Accuracy

Is this article really accurate in stating that shearling "is made of the skin of an unborn lamb"? Googling for "what is shearling", I can't find any reference to back up the claim. One site says that "shearling is the skin of a newly shorn lamb (market age) that is tanned with the wool in tact [sic!] on the skin." Most pages refer to how the skin and wool is processed and used in a garment, rather than the age of the lamb. Another site claims that shearling "is a suede leather coat made from the pelts of lambs with the wool, which has been sheared only once." Ehn 19:39, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

It looks completely innaccurate to me. You can't make shearling leather out of unborn lambs. They need to be at least old enough to have been shorn once, and that means they must be between six and twelve months old. This article seems to have been written by someone trying to discourage the use of shearling leather by making it seem unusually cruel. I suggest striking the whole thing and revising. Here's the Encarta definition, which (as far as I know) is perfectly accurate:

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861733137

--daedalusknight

[edit] My apologies for any confusion

Sorry if there was any confusion; when I wrote this article, I remembered reading about the unborn lamb thing, but when I looked again for the site that said that, I couldn't find it. As soon as I noticed this comment, I changed the article. (fyi, I'm not against shearling at all; in fact I support it.) I'll remember to double check my sources before writing an article next time. Lycanthrope777 04:18, 24 November 2006 (UTC)