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types of cordovan

slicer

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Hi,

So I was looking ard for cordovan wallets and I chanced upon this japanese brand "Cypris".
I looked through their range of cordovan wallets and am puzzled over the types that are being offered.

They have:
1) cordovan & vegetable tanning
2) oil cordovan
3) oil shell cordovan

Any leather experts out there could explain the differences between these 3?

http://noi-japan.com/noijapan/1.1/571/
 

benjamin831

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Originally Posted by slicer
Hi,

So I was looking ard for cordovan wallets and I chanced upon this japanese brand "Cypris".
I looked through their range of cordovan wallets and am puzzled over the types that are being offered.

They have:
1) cordovan & vegetable tanning
2) oil cordovan
3) oil shell cordovan

Any leather experts out there could explain the differences between these 3?

http://noi-japan.com/noijapan/1.1/571/


1) Cordovan leather (equine leather) with a veg-tanned cow-hide interior
2) Cordovan leather (equine leather) treated with oils and waxes after the tanning process
3) Shell cordovan leather (equine ass leather) treated with oils and waxes after the tanning process

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