Leather...
Mar, 04We are happy to answer questions on leather if you have them.
Also if you have a certain type of purse you are looking for we will let you know when and if we have a certain handbag coming into LaGaksta in the near future.
Leather can be complicated for people to understand. There are different ways to process the leather that make it feel the way it does. There are also different layers used. And different types, calf leather, buffalo leather, alligator, lamb skin leather gosh I could go on forever. OK maybe not forever but there are many. Here is a list. Can you see why you could get confused?
Kinds of leathers
- ALLIGATOR
- Alligator, crocodile, and related types.
- BOVINE
- A Ox, Cow, or closely related animal.
- BUCKSKIN
- Deer and elk skins, having the outer grain removed.
- BULLHIDE
- Hide from a male bovine, capable of reproduction.
- CABRETTA
- A hair-type sheepskin; specifically those from Brazil.
- CALFSKIN
- Skin from a young bovine, male or female.
- CAPESKIN
- Skin from a sheep raised in South America.
- CARPINCHO
- A water rodent native to South America; like pigskin.
- CATTLEHIDE
- General term for hides before tanning from a bovine of any breed or sex, but usually mature; includes bullhide, steerhide, cowhide and sometimes kipskins.
- CORDOVAN
- From a section of a hide called the shell.
- COWHIDE
- Hide from a mature female bovine that has produced a calf.
- DEERSKIN
- Deer and elk skins having the grain intact.
- DOESKIN
- From sheep or lambskins, usually with the grain removed.
- FLESHER
- The underneath (flesh side) layer of a sheepskin which has been split off. Used to make chamois.
- GOATSKIN
- Skin from a mature goat.
- HAIR SHEEP
- Sheep from several species whose "wool" is hair-like.
- HEIFER
- A female bovine, under three years of age, that has not produced a calf.
- HIDE
- The whole pelt from large animals (cattle, horses, etc.).
- HORSEHIDE
- Hide from a horse or colt.
- KANGAROO
- From the Australian kangaroo or wallaby.
- KIDSKIN
- Skin from a lamb, or young sheep.
- KIPSKIN
- Skin from a bovine, male or female, intermediate in size between a calf and mature.
- LAMBSKIN
- Skin from a lamb or young sheep.
- LIZARD
- Any of a great number of the lizard family.
- MOCHA
- Middle-East hair sheep, usually with the grain removed.
- OSTRICH
- From the two-legged animal native to North Africa.
- PECCARY
- From a wild boar native to Central and South America; like pigskin.
- PELT
- An untanned hide or skin with the hair on.
- PIGSKIN
- Skin from pigs and hogs.
- RAWHIDE
- Untanned skins or hide.
- RAWSTOCK
- General term for hides or skins that a tanner has received in a preserved state, prepatory to tanning; a tanner's inventory of raw material.
- SHARKSKIN
- From certain of the shark species.
- SHEARLING
- Wooled sheep and lambskins, tanned with the wool intact.
- SHEEPSKIN
- Skin from a mature sheep.
- SKIN
- The pelt from small animals (calf, sheep, goat, etc.).
- SKIVER
- The thin grain layer split from a sheepskin.
- SNAKE
- Any of a number of the snake species.
- STEERHIDE
- Hide from a mature male bovine, incapable of reproduction, having been raised for beef.
- WALRUS
- Skin from a walrus; also, sometimes sealskin.
- WATERBUFFALO
- Flat-horned buffalo, primarily from the tropics.
We have more information listed under our link on our website "about Leather". And feel free to ask any questions here or via a contact us note.