Cowhide
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Cowhide
Cowhide is the natural skin of a cow with hair. Cowhide can be processed into leather, which can be used for [Leather shoes|shoes]], wallets, leather jackets, furniture and [[car leather and belts. Most of cow leather is without hair, but it can be processed to a leather with fur.
Cowhide with fur
Rawhide comes with hair to tannery.
Swirl in the fur of the living skin. - Swirl in tanned cowhide.
There are infinitely many kinds of cattle and therefore infinitely many colorings of the fur. The skin under the hair is however always bright.
Irrespective of the hair color, the cow skin is without colouration in the tannery always light. - The bluish color is from the chrome tanning.
No cowhide is like the other... - Big choise at www.leder-fiedler.de.
Also IKEA offers haired cow skins.
Cowhide: chair - sofa - bag - shoes - ancient chest (from the Azores).
Cowhide leather shoes.
Beef foot with fur as drinking cup from Brazil. - Bull testicles as a Mate cup from Argentina.
Cowhide as carpet from Brazil von wernergerling@yahoo.com.br.
Cowhide as carpet. - Design armchair from Italy.
Cowhide design
Cowhide can be designed in a variety of ways. The fur can be dyed, a pattern can be lasered on it and it can be printed. All methods can also be combined.
The fur of cow hide can be dyed.
Cowhide can be [[printed with patterns (www.richter-leder.de).
Cowhide can be lasered with patterns (www.richter-leder.de).
Cowhide stitched as a patchwork.
Cow skin can be designed by etching (www.richter-leder.de).
Very exotic: Cowhide coloured with a covering color layer with metallic effect.
Cowhide as a clothing, partly smooth leather, partly with hair. Jacket by www.wildfangdesign.de, leather from www.leder-fiedler.de.
branding on cow hide
Cowhide with branding.
Cowhides and bald spots
Cowhides sometimes get bald spots in the stressed area.
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