Q: Is leather a durable and flexible material created by tanning animal rawhide and skin? ¶
A: Yes, and often cattle hide.
Q: Is leather left untreated and is therefore susceptible to water and stains? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is leather popular for its motifs and its pigmentation? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is leather made using marine oils that oxidize easily to produce the aldehydes that tan the leather to color it? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is leather stronger than real leather when manufactured with strength in mind? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is leather not stable in water? ¶
A: Yes, it tends to discolor, so if left to soak and then dried it shrinks and becomes harder.
Q: Are leathers typically available in two finish types: aniline? ¶
A: Yes, and semi-aniline.
Q: Are leathers particularly vulnerable to red rot? ¶
A: Yes, and which causes powdering of the surface and a change in consistency.
Q: Is leather made of cattle skin? ¶
A: Yes, but many exceptions exist.
Q: Is leather used to make pigmented leather as the solid pigment helps hide the corrections or imperfections? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is leather an example of this? ¶
A: Yes, where the leather has been hardened by being immersed in hot water, or in boiled wax or similar substances.
Q: Is leather a full-grain leather originally used in driving pulley belts and other machinery? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is leather tanned using aromatic polymers such as the Novolac or Neradol types? ¶
A: Yes, This leather is white in color and was invented when vegetable tannins were in short supply during the Second World War.
Q: Is leather a tanning process that uses animal brains or other fatty materials to alter the leather? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is leather a variation of vegetable oil tanning and brain tanning? ¶
A: Yes, where pure rose otto replaces the vegetable oil and emulsified oils.
Q: Was leather an important international trade good for centuries? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is leather unjustifiable? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is leather also used for falconry jesses? ¶
A: Yes, and soccer footwear, and boxing speed bags.
Q: Is leather technically not tanned? ¶
A: Yes, as tannic acid is not used, and the resulting material reverts to rawhide if soaked in water long enough to remove the alum salts.
Q: Are leathers made by a labor-intensive process that uses emulsified oils? ¶
A: Yes, and often those of animal brains such as deer, cattle, and buffaloes.
Q: Is leather tanned using tannins and other ingredients found in different vegetable matter? ¶
A: Yes, such as tree bark prepared in bark mills, wood, leaves, fruits, and roots.
Q: Is leather transformed using aluminium salts mixed with a variety of binders and protein sources? ¶
A: Yes, such as flour and egg yolk.
Q: Is leather also bought by huge Western companies and sold in the developed world? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is leather used to make items that must be strong and flexible? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is leather tanned using glutaraldehyde or oxazolidine compounds? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is leather currently used by many major fashion houses such as Hermès? ¶
A: Yes, and Prada, Gucci, and Louis Vuitton.
Q: Is leather an economical material that uses leftover leather that are shredded and bonded together with polyurethane or latex on to a fiber sheet? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is leather a split leather with a layer of polyurethane laminated to the surface and then embossed? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is leather often dyed black and covered with tiny round bumps in the natural pattern of the back ridge of an animal? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is leather tough and durable? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is leather chrome-tanned and is soft and supple? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is leather a particular form of bark-tanned cow leather? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is leather leather that has been given a high-gloss finish? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is leather leather created from the fibrous part of the hide left once the top-grain of the rawhide has been separated from the hide? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is leather used in wallets and belts? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is leather generally a heavy-weight of full-grain? ¶
A: Yes, and vegetable-tanned leather.
Q: Is leather any leather that has had an artificial grain applied to its surface? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is leather used in the trimmings of luggage and handbags? ¶
A: Yes.