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When buying leather, know the difference between a pure aniline hide (vegetable dyed) and finished leather (painted).

90% of all leathers are finished - that means they are sanded down to...

"leatherette" should be thought of as buying plastic (or a low grade vinyl, which is also a form of plastic). It has no longevity and will deteriorate rather quickly. This is also known as Bonded...

What is the Perfect Leather?

Everyone is looking for the same thing and this is a question I am asked twenty times a week. You will hear a lot of answers from a number of different dealers (many...

Recently one of my customers that went on tour at Hancock and Moore came back to the store and was stunned by how much manual labor is used in making their product, its not automated much at all....

Another topic I have not addressed is how leather is Tanned, and like most things in life there are the proper ways to do it and the cheap and easy way that costs less. Try to find out what you are...

Let's discuss some of the aspects of leather, part of the continuing education on hides.

There are (4) types of leather and they are often confused.

1) Full Top Grain
2) Top Grain
3) Genuine...

To add to this thread, one of the things you want to do when selecting a leather is not pick solely on color. I see so many customers laser-focsued on color hues, and that - in my opinion - is...

Expanding on the topic of leather some more, based on what customers ask me frequently.

* Leather wears 4x better than fabric on average. That's an important number because that means more usable...

Burnished Leathers: One of the hottest leather categories right now, burnished leathers (and hand-antiqued) are hides that come into the maker in an unfinished state and the color is laid up on them...

Another addendum to this thread...

There is an incredible amount of waste on leather when making new upholstery pieces. The manufacturers buy their hides from the leather vendor (supplier) based...

I'm going to come back to this primer thread with an addendum on PROTECTED leathers vs UNPROTECTED hides. This is a major stumbling block for many and should be addressed in detail. First let's...

Part 2

My dealer wants to sell me a protection plan for my leather, and special treatment chemicals, should I buy it? No! In my opinion, this is the biggest rip-offs out there. Most these...

It just occurred to me I may not have ever made a post about some leather tips you need to know when you buy leather. Here's a few, and they apply to every maker for the most part:

Leather Grade:...