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2. Tanning (leather) - Wikipedia

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   The use of vegetable tanning is a process that takes longer than mineral tanning when converting rawhides into leather. Mineral tanned leather is used principally for shoes, car seats, and upholstery in homes (sofas, etc.). Vegetable tanned leather is used in leather crafting and in making small leather items, such as wallets, handbags and clothes.

3. Alligator leather - Wikipedia

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   Leather is created when an animal skin or hide is chemically treated in a process called tanning to preserve them for long term use as material for clothing, handbags, footwear, furniture, sports equipment and tools. [1] Alligator leather is also commonly used to create similar items as mentioned above. Early Alligator Skins

4. Leather - Wikipedia

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   Chamois leather is made using oil (traditionally cod oil) [9] that oxidizes to produce the aldehydes that tan the leather. Brain tanned leathers are made by a labor-intensive process that uses emulsified oils, often those of animal brains such as deer, cattle, and buffalo. An example of this kind is buckskin. Leather products made in this ...

5. 9 Valuable Vintage Coach Bags That Could Be Hiding in ... - AOL

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   The bag comes in shades of black, tan, navy blue, and even mustard, and can sell for upwards of $1,000. The post 9 Valuable Vintage Coach Bags That Could Be Hiding in Your Closet appeared first on ...

6. Chamois leather - Wikipedia

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   Chamois leather is widely used for drying and buffing vehicles after washing. Small pieces of chamois leather (often called "chamois cloth") are commonly used as blending tools by artists drawing with charcoal. [16] The leather blends the charcoal more softly and cleanly than the artist's fingers, which can leave smudges. [17]

7. Veja (brand) - Wikipedia

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   Since 2006 Veja has used vegetable-tanned leather. Vegetable-tanned leather is a chrome-free leather tanned with organic compounds only. Leather is usually tanned using heavy metals, like chrome, which generate high levels of pollution in the waters close to tanneries. Veja has replaced heavy metals with acacia extracts, a natural tannin.