Leather...

Leather...

Mar, 04

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.  

 

Leave a comment

Please note, comments must be approved before they are published

Search

Just added to your cart:
Qty:
Total:
Subtotal:
Excl. postage 
My Bag
Just added to your wishlist:
Excl. postage 
My Wishlist