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2. Horween Leather Company - Wikipedia

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   As of 2012, Horween Leather Company had 160 employees, and annual revenues of approximately $25 million. [2] In a typical week, it processes 4,000 cowhides and 1,000 horsehides into 120,000 square feet (11,000 m 2) of leather. [2] As of 2013, Horween Leather Company was one of fewer than a dozen tanneries in the U.S., down from over 250 in 1978 ...

3. Rawhide (material) - Wikipedia

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   Rawhide is a hide or animal skin that has not been exposed to tanning. It is similar to parchment, much lighter in color than leather made by traditional vegetable tanning. Rawhide is more susceptible to water than leather, and it quickly softens and stretches if left wet unless well waterproofed.

4. Shagreen - Wikipedia

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   The white handle of this tantō (left) is covered with shagreen in its natural form. Two small decorative elephants made of silver and shagreen. Shagreen has an unusually rough and granular surface, and is sometimes used as a fancy leather for book bindings, pocketbooks and small cases, as well as its more utilitarian uses in the hilts and scabbards of swords and daggers, where slipperiness is ...

5. These Leather Couches Are Like Capsule Wardrobe Pieces for ...

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   Cigar Leather Sofa. Shiny leather often gets all the attention, but rawhide leather deserves its own moment in the sun! It's basically the under-the-radar It-Girl when it comes to leather ...

6. 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.

7. Leather production processes - Wikipedia

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   wetting back- semi-processed leather is rehydrated. sammying - 45-55%(m/m) water is squeezed out the leather. splitting - the leather is split into one or more horizontal layers. shaving - the leather is thinned using a machine which cuts leather fibres off. neutralisation - the pH of the leather is adjusted to a value between 4.5 and 6.5.