Cowhide is characterized by fine pores, rounded shape, uniform and compact distribution, bright and smooth leather surface, plump and delicate texture, smooth and soft appearance, and solid and elastic texture when touched by hands. If you press the leather surface hard, fine wrinkles will appear.
Cowhide: the pores are small and round, evenly distributed and closely distributed. Pores extend straight inward and are irregularly arranged, like stars all over the sky. The leather surface is plump and bright, and the leather board is soft and delicate, firm and elastic. Buffalo hide: Pores are thicker and rarer than those in cattle hide, and the cortex is looser, which is generally used as soles.
Identify dermis
Touch by hand: that is, touch the leather surface by hand. If it feels smooth, soft, plump and elastic, it is genuine leather. But the general synthetic leather is hard, hard and soft.
At first glance, the pores and patterns of dermis are clear, the pores of cowhide are well-proportioned and fine, the pores of yak skin are coarse and sparse, and the pores of goatskin are fish-scale-shaped.
Smell: All dermis has the smell of leather; Moreover, artificial leather has a strong plastic pungent smell.
Ignition: tear off a little fiber from the back of genuine leather and artificial leather. After ignition, it is artificial leather that emits a pungent smell and forms a knot. It's genuine leather that smells like hair without induration.