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KINGSMERE CRAFTS
HAND-CRAFTED LEATHER GOODS
Descriptive terms used in connection with leather - continued
Oak tanned:- Originally hides and skins were almost entirely tanned using oak bark. As time elapsed it was applied to tanning using a mixture containing oak tannin. Now it is generally associated with the tanning of leather with vegetable extracts.
Oil tanned:- This is leather that is tanned with certain fish oils, producing a very soft, supple leather, such as chamois.
Patent leather:- It has a shiny, impermeable finish, on one surface, created by the application of a succession of coats of drying oils, varnishes or synthetic resins. This coating was formerly built up by the application of various varnishes and lacquers, pigmented or non-pigmented, based on linseed oil. Laminates coated with a plastic film less than 0·15mm thick may also be classed as "patent leather". Not a long-lasting leather, as it is vulnerable to surface cracking.
Pelt:- This word means, strictly speaking, any kind of skin (Latin pellis,
related to the German felle, a skin, and the English word fell, now preserved only in fellmonger). The word is somewhat
loosely used in the leather industry, but its only common applications nowadays are to sheepskins in two or three
slightly differing senses: to the skin proper, to distinguish it from the wool that grows on it; to de-wooled
sheepskins, as a pickled pelt or a fellmongered; or in some countries to a woolskin bearing the shortest recognised
staple.
Tan colour - corrected and plated Rust colour - printed Grey colour - full grain
Pigmented leather:- Film-forming chemicals known as binders into which fine particles of colouring pigments are mixed and the resulting suspension applied to the surface of the leather. This makes it highly resistant to wear or fading. Pigmented leather is very durable and is used in the majority of furniture upholstery and almost all car upholstery. Usually done to cover imperfections in the leather. The surface coating allows the manufacturer more control over the properties of the leather, e.g. resistance to scuffing or fading. The thickness of the surface coating can vary but if the mean thickness is more than 0·15mm then the product can't be sold as leather in the United Kingdom due to consumer protection legislation.
Plated leather:- A heated metal plate is, under pressure, pressed onto the leather surface. This after the leather has been sanded and pigmented to conceal its imperfections.
Pull-up:- When pulled tight or folded it produces a brilliant burst of colour. 2-Tones are full aniline leathers that have been oiled and/or waxed. When the leather is pulled or folded, the oil and/or wax separates causing the colour to become brighter.
Reconstituted leather:- This is constructed from collagen fibres obtained from macerated hide pieces which are combined into a fibrous mat.
Rough tanned leather:- Leather, which after tanning has not been further processed, but has merely been dried out. The term "rough tanned" is used mainly in connection with vegetable tanned hide leathers.
Russet leather:- This is a vegetable-tanned leather, so named because of its colour, that is ready for staining.
Saddle leather:- A vegetable-tanned cowhide used in the making of harnesses and saddles. It is usually in a tan shade and is fairly flexible.
Sammed leather:- Leather that has been saturated in water and then left to mellow by allowing each fibre to become damp without the water being continuous between the fibres.
Sauvage:- A marbled appearance, resulting from blending similar
colours that adds character and depth to a hide’s finish. A true sauvage look is
created as the hides are tumbled during the dyeing process.
Shanks:- The legs or extremities of hides and skins which have stretch across the width but none in the length.
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