What are full grain and shave skins?

If the top layer of skin is
classified by grade or surface cortex, the first is full-grain skin, and the
second is trimmed skin.

full grain leather

Full-grain leather is
processed from the first layer of skin embryos with less disability. The
natural grain of the leather itself is completely preserved on the leather
surface, and it has the natural beauty of animal skins. Generally, the gloss of
full-grain leather is higher, and the surface has a layer of natural wax feeling.
In terms of raw materials, it is mainly made of high-quality raw leather
materials with less disability, which mainly retains the complete natural
state, which can fully demonstrate the beauty of animal skin patterns in the
natural field. In terms of classification, it is mainly divided into medium
cowhide full-grain and calfskin full-grain, which can also be identified in
thickness, and not only has wear resistance, but also has a relatively smooth
full-grain surface and good Breathability. Full-grain surfaces continue to be
widely used in the shoe upper market.

The characteristics of
full-grain leather are clear, small, tight, irregularly arranged pores, plump
and meticulous surface, full of elasticity and good air permeability, and it
belongs to the high-grade material in leather. Therefore, leather products made
of this cowhide are comfortable, durable, beautiful, and relatively expensive.

Shaving

The shaving leather mainly
uses the poor first layer of skin to polish its surface, and after grinding off
the scars on the surface, spraying with various popular color skin pastes can
be pressed into the glossy effect we want. ‘s skin. In order to improve the
production utilization rate, the trimmed skin is mainly to modify the traces of
blood tendons and the scars of the cowhide embryo. If the skin is worse, the
repair will be heavier. The natural state is not preserved. All but full-grain
skins can be called shaving skins. The shaving of cowhide is generally like a
woman’s makeup, which can cover and modify your face with foundation. In the
same way, trimming the skin is to modify the scars and blood veins of the
cowhide embryo so as to improve the utilization rate of the leather surface.

Its characteristics are that
the surface is flat and smooth without pores and skin textures. During the
production, the surface grain surface is slightly polished, and then a layer of
colored resin is sprayed on the leather to cover the leather surface texture,
and then the water-based light-transmitting resin is sprayed. A
“facelift” of natural leather surfaces with crippled or rough
surfaces. The worse the skin embryo, the heavier it will be repaired, the lower
the level, the worse the leather feel and the feel, and vice versa. Every part
of the modified cowhide surface is the same, and the natural state is not
preserved.

This kind of leather has
almost lost its original surface state, and the pattern is processed and unnatural.
The hand feel is not as comfortable as the real first-layer cowhide, and there
is an obvious poor hand feel. Therefore, the price of leather products made of
this cowhide is lower.