Sporran Storage

[artificer]

Respectfully, I disagree. If this were the case they wouldn't ship leather goods (jackets, shoes, etc) with silica gel packets. The time it would take to draw the moisture out of the leather would probably be measurable in decades and not months.

Please keep in mind that hair-on hides are not the same thing as full grain leather. Hair hides are MUCH pickier about their atmosphere than regular leather.

All I know is that the furrier who stores my wife's fur coats says not to use silica desiccants as it is harmful to the hairs, and may cause them to fall out. Since most jackets and shoes are made from leather that has had the hair removed the silica gel pacs may be perfectly harmless. I suspect their use in shipping is to reduce the possibility of staining caused by damp or mildew, but as I am not a currier I really couldn't say with any certainty.

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I had to deal with international shipping both on the receiving and sending side for over a decade. TERRIBLE things can happen to shipping containers.

The desiccant IS in there for the varied climatic exposure the goods are exposed to in transit, NOT for long term storage.