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There's probably a good reason they didn't mention that, or durability. I do some leatherwork for fun and there's a lot of things that make it hard to replace.

by mod 9y ago

There's probably a good reason they didn't mention that, or durability. I do some leatherwork for fun and there's a lot of things that make it hard to replace. We'll see how it holds up when stitched. I'm very open to trying it out, though. And maybe an upholstery waterproofer would do the job.

jfarlow 9y ago
The fun part here is that, technically, once they get a 'good enough' product and workflow up and running, adding/changing/incorporating biological properties is (mostly) just a DNA-based bit-flip away. We at Serotiny are already collecting protein domains from organisms with various capabilities - including water solubility, hydrophobicity, enzymatic capabilities, covalent attachment sites (for dyes), light-activated properties/crosslinking/dissociation/etc. And all of those protein domains we're collecting should be 100% compatible (+/- a fair bit of a tooling-exercise) with both Bolt's leather and their silk. So it should get fun once they have a solid and stable 'platform' up and running. They will be able to incorporate most any property from nature with an existing proof of principal, not just any property form mammalian hides. Congratulations guys!
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zer00eyz 9y ago
As someone who does a fair bit of sewing I have to wonder if this is going to behave more like a "fabric" with leather like qualities. From the description (and it isn't much) I'm guessing that this is going to drape much like felt. Is that close to leather? Well it is closer than most woven fabrics but leather and felt behave much differently. I would also expect that this is going to cost far more than actual leather does.
KozmoNau7 9y ago
I certainly wouldn't mind my next metal battle vest out of mycelium leather, just for the geek cred, deck it out with hardwood studs and do an enviro theme thing.

by mod 9y ago

jfarlow 9y ago

The fun part here is that, technically, once they get a 'good enough' product and workflow up and running, adding/changing/incorporating biological properties is (mostly) just a DNA-based bit-flip away. We at Serotiny are already collecting protein domains from organisms with various capabilities - including water solubility, hydrophobicity, enzymatic capabilities, covalent attachment sites (for dyes), light-activated properties/crosslinking/dissociation/etc. And all of those protein domains we're collecting should be 100% compatible (+/- a fair bit of a tooling-exercise) with both Bolt's leather and their silk. So it should get fun once they have a solid and stable 'platform' up and running. They will be able to incorporate most any property from nature with an existing proof of principal, not just any property form mammalian hides. Congratulations guys!

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zer00eyz 9y ago

As someone who does a fair bit of sewing I have to wonder if this is going to behave more like a "fabric" with leather like qualities. From the description (and it isn't much) I'm guessing that this is going to drape much like felt. Is that close to leather? Well it is closer than most woven fabrics but leather and felt behave much differently. I would also expect that this is going to cost far more than actual leather does.

KozmoNau7 9y ago

I certainly wouldn't mind my next metal battle vest out of mycelium leather, just for the geek cred, deck it out with hardwood studs and do an enviro theme thing.