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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.
Latigo leather is cowhide leather that is combination tanned. First it is chrome tanned, then it is vegetable tanned. [1] [2]: 11 Before modern combination tanning, latigo had been combination tanned with alum and gambier. [3] Latigo is usually infused with oils and waxes.
East India Leather is an Indian vegetable-tanned leather produced by the tanneries in Trichy and Dindigul in Tamil Nadu. [1] [2] [3] History.
Morocco leather (also known as Levant, the French Maroquin, Turkey, [1] or German Saffian from Safi, a Moroccan town famous for leather) is a vegetable-tanned leather known for its softness, pliability, and ability to take color.
Vegetable-tanned leather is tanned using tannins extracted from vegetable matter, such as tree bark prepared in bark mills. It is the oldest known method. It is the oldest known method. It is supple and light brown in color, with the exact shade depending on the mix of materials and the color of the skin.
Oiling is a process whereby leather is hand coated (usually by brush or tampon) with either a raw (un-emulsified) oil or a combination of raw oil, blended with emulsified oils and a penetrating aid. Hand oils can include fragrant oils that help with the smell associated with the leather, e.g., Pine Oil .
Leather bindings exhibiting red rot. Red rot is a degradation process found in vegetable-tanned leather. [1] Red rot is caused by prolonged storage or exposure to high relative humidity, environmental pollution, and high temperature. In particular, red rot occurs at pH values of 4.2 to 4.5.
Producing the leather involved three processes: [1] Tanning the leather. This was a bark tanning process, similar to other vegetable-tanned leather. Saturating the tanned hide with birch oil. This is the most distinctive part of the process, giving Russia leather its water resistance and distinctive smell. Dyeing the leather either red or black.