How to distinguish genuine leather from fake leather? It turns out that you can know it by touching it and looking at it.

How to distinguish genuine leather, imitation leather, PU leather, cowhide, and sheepskin, let’s learn together! Touch: That is, touch the leather surface with your hands. If it feels smooth, soft, plump and elastic, it is real leather; the surface of general artificial and synthetic leather is astringent, rigid and poor in softness. Look: there are clear pores and patterns on the surface of the leather, the yellow cowhide has relatively well-proportioned fine pores, the yak leather has thick and sparse pores, and the goat leather has fish-like hairs. Smell: All genuine leather has a leather smell; while artificial leather has a strong irritating plastic smell. Burning: Tear off a little fiber from the back of real leather and artificial leather, and after lighting it, those that emit a pungent smell and form knots are artificial leather; those that emit a hairy smell and do not form hard knots are genuine

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Is the durability of leather goods also related to the fiber direction? The old cobbler’s tricks to identify the direction of the leather!

When it comes to whether leather goods are durable, we will think that maintaining leather goods will prolong its service life. But in fact, this is only for finished leather goods, and at the beginning of leather goods production, the direction of cutting the fibers of the leather determines the service life of the leather goods. So why does it involve the fiber direction of this leather material, and how to judge this direction? Today, the editor of Xin Nuo De Leather Goods will take a look with you. Through the previous content, we know that before the leather goods are made, the leather needs to be cut. The cutting accuracy of the leather parts will directly affect the success of the leather goods production. So we need to use a well-made paper mold to trace on the leather and then cut it. When rotoscoping, because it is done on

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[Leather Goods] The suitcase can also play a high-end style

As early as more than 160 years ago, people had such troubles: how to keep luggage from being messed up when going out for fun? When Napoleon II came to the throne in 1852, Empress Wu Jieni liked to travel to Europe, but the joy of traveling was often greatly reduced by the messy luggage during the journey, which annoyed the empress who pursued a refined life. At this time, Louis Vuitton relied on his own craftsmanship to neatly tie the queen’s exquisite costumes in the suitcase, flat and flat. In the process of serving the queen, the bitterness of travelers caught the attention of Louis Vuitton, and at that time traveling by train became the most fashionable choice for travelers, so he ended his court service in 1854, in The first leather goods store was opened in Paris, named Louis Vuitton, and the main product was flat luggage.

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