Our leather are full grain leather, the top layer cowhide leather.
Typically, the process of this type leather is raw cowhide go though running drum at the mean while high temperature oil and wax be punched into the leather. Depending on the color of oil then you will see the various color finish of the leather.
Different leather, for example, Columbia leather or USA leather, or cowhide from different area or different type cowhide like male or female could come out slight difference from same machine or container. Even if the exactly same cowhide from different time go through the same process could come out difference because the oil wax reused again and again.
Why is leather special?
Oil-tanned leather has remarkable qualities to resist the degrading effects of water or weather. Moisture, water, heat or cold will not affect leather life span like other industry made materials. In many Indian tribe museum, you will find leather briefcase or message bags with three straps on the front called saddle bag. Those antique bags are more than 100 years old. The wax and oil punched inside of the leather reserve the nature of leather, protect it from decay and resistant to moisture. Whenever you see the crack or breakdown of the leather you carry, you can simply apply most of leather conditioner, from Walmart, or Target, any leather conditioner will works well.
Vegetable Tanned refers to how the cow’s hide was preserved and made into usable leather. There are many ways to preserve a hide and Vegetable Tanning is one of the only original and all-natural methods. Hides are soaked in certain tubs filled with tree bark. The tannins in the tree bark are what help to preserve the leather and give it unique characteristics. Vegetable tanning can take weeks at a time and as such this type of leather tends to be much more expensive than chemically treated varieties.
