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What is natural leather?

A natural leather is a leather that has no aniline, semi-aniline or pigmented finish. The leather therefore has its natural colour.

What is vegetable tanned leather?

Vegetable tanning is the oldest process. It requires the use of vegetable tannins such as quebracho, mimosa or chestnut bark powder. The choice of tannins used depends on the species of animal from which the hide comes and the properties required for the leather.

What is "beige" natural leather?

A natural beige leather is therefore a leather that has been vegetable tanned and has no colour finish. Its natural beige colour comes from the vegetable tannins used. This should not be confused with undyed natural leathers with a white or whitish colour from synthetic tannins containing bisphenol or a blue or bluish colour from chrome or mineral tannins.

What are the advantages of natural leather?

A natural leather is a leather eco-responsible non-allergenic. firmer and stiffer with a softer, silkier feel. Natural leathers can be dyed. Depending on the type of food brought to the leatherthe work of embossing, moulding and marking can be carried out on natural leather.

Which Radermecker saddle leathers are natural leathers?

Radermecker natural saddle leather:

Natural Niagara saddle leather or natural Pykara saddle leather, which one to choose?

The difference between natural Niagara saddle leather and natural Pykara saddle leather is in the feeding of the leather.
  • The natural Niagara saddle leather is fed in a fat bath, which makes it easier to cut and work, and gives it greater resistance to water. This feeding also allows for a maintenance-free leather since the grease is given constantly on the leather surface. Tallow leather is particularly resistant to the outdoor environment. As it is soaked in grease, it will reject any external disturbance.
  • Pykara leather is fed in emulsion. This is a liquid oil feed that is added to our fullers. This feed is suitable for leather goods or leather goods requiring a high fat-free finish. Dyeing, moulding and marking are possible on Niagara and Pykara natural leathers, but embossing is only possible on Pykara natural leather. If embossing is done on Niagara natural leather, as the leather is full of grease, the patterns will fade over time as the leather regains its natural thickness.