Leather...

We 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.