| We all know that leather desk chairs emanate | | | | • Oil-tanned leather - Have you ever tried touching |
| prominence, success and elegance-all wrapped in one | | | | a piece of leather that has a slightly oily feel to it? If |
| piece of furniture. If you're considering buying one, it is | | | | yes, then you don't have to wonder what oil-tanned |
| of utmost importance that you have an idea about the | | | | leather looks or feels like. Notice that no matter how |
| different types and grains of leathers. If you're a smart | | | | much you try to wipe it with your bare hands, the oily |
| buyer, you would know that an informed choice will | | | | feel doesn't rub off on your skin. This type of leather is |
| save you a lot of money. Genuine leather is probably | | | | known to be unique, agile and with the most interesting |
| the most versatile furniture material there is. It is, | | | | finish. |
| without a doubt, durable and strong. Now remember | | | | • True Buckskin leather- This type of leather is |
| that its quality ultimately depends on the "type and | | | | water-friendly and made of durable and pliable deer |
| grain" of the leather that you choose. | | | | skin. It is soaked and treated in wood ash and lime |
| Different types of leather for your chair: | | | | solution. Thus, adding to its soft and supple texture. If |
| • Vege-tanned leather (Vegetable-tanned) - This is | | | | you want to buy leather desk chairs made of |
| perhaps the most versatile and the most expensive | | | | Buckskin, make sure that the deer hide is treated with |
| material that you can use for your leather desk chairs. | | | | the right tanning methods. Otherwise, you won't be |
| They are retrieved from Oak tree barks and other | | | | getting a chair with the highest quality and the exact |
| plants (i.e. grape stems and seeds, tea leaves) where | | | | feel of authentic Buckskin. |
| natural tannins could be found. Tannins were used in | | | | • Rawhide - Is a type of leather that is untanned. |
| the past to tan animal skin and turn them into leathers. | | | | The animal hide is at its most basic state hence, the |
| This type of leather easy stretches when they are | | | | stiff texture when dry. But when they are soaked in |
| soaked in water. Due to its elasticity, it can easily be | | | | liquid, becomes stretchy and flexible. |
| carved, molded, dyed, oiled, painted and waxed hence, | | | | • Leather Processing - If you want something |
| the expensive price. | | | | that's inexpensive, then this type of leather is for you. |
| • Chrome-tanned leather - Unlike your | | | | This is done by combining different types of leather |
| vegetable-tanned leather, chrome-tanned doesn't | | | | such as, the vegetable and oil type. They are |
| stretch as much. How are they made? The animal skin | | | | processed and given a vegetable tannin bath as this |
| is soaked in an acidic bath that basically contains a | | | | enhances the feel of your leather. So why is there a |
| very high level of chromium, which a malleable and | | | | need to combine different types of leather? Well, the |
| hard metal. This makes chrome-tanned leathers | | | | answer is pretty simple-to give an illusion that it has a |
| inexpensive. You will know if the leather is | | | | good quality. Keep in mind though that this is inferior |
| chrome-tanned when you see a gray-toned edge | | | | compared to other leathers that did not go through this |
| when it is cut. | | | | process. |