If you ask your friends what they know about the skin, most likely you will tell you that it smells like or that clothes from the skin just look incredibly seductive on a person. Among other things, leather products are characterized by good strength, frost resistance and wear resistance.
However, it is not cheap from the skin. Very many unscrupulous sellers are put up for sale artificial leather products for the price of natural. Nevertheless, the fake can be distinguished by the same quality of the seams and strength of the material.
We prepared for you five interesting facts about the natural skin, which you did not even suspect.
Good skin is expensive
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Fact 1. The skin of a large animal is 10% of the value of the animal
Typically, cattle is usually bred to obtain meat and dairy products. The skin, in turn, is not a great value for the manufacturer, as it is considered a by-product and often as unnecessary is simply ejected or processed. For this reason, the price of the skin is so low.
Fact 2. Measuring Skin Measurement - Oz Square Foot
Suppose that one meter of cow's skin weighs four hundred grams. It will be called a fourth with a thickness of 1/7 inches. Figures approximate.
Cow leather is used most often
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Fact 3. Most of the products are made of cow's skin
The skin of the cows is rather unpretentious and does not require much care. In addition, before creating a particular product, the skin is treated with a special composition, which serves as protection against the external negative effects of light and water. The skin of the cows is one of the thickest. The maximum thickness is 12 oz.
Fact 4. White leather - the most difficult to produce
Cheap skin practically does not perceive the white composition of the dye: badly impregnate and cracks over time. Therefore, you can be sure: if you see a leather thing white, and at the same time it is evenly pronounced - in front of you is a natural expensive skin.
In ancient Rome, the skin was used mainly for military products
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Fact 5. The skin was popular and in very long time
At about 3000 BC, the skin as a material for the manufacture of a wide range of objects was extremely popular. The ancient Romans were made of Sails from the skin, and since the shipbuilding was one of the most important productions at the time, genuine leather was valued very high. In addition to sails, the skin was used for the manufacture of tents, weapons, ammunitions, armor of warriors and home furniture at the courtyard of the emperor. In a thousand years, Egyptian women found skin more fashionable application - began to make clothes for the highest sections of society