Italy Comfort – English

When we are faced with having to choose which leather to buy, certainly one of the first factors we consider is the price: there are different types of leather, finishing, dyeing and tanning techniques from which more or less expensive leathers are derived according to their characteristics.

The main distinction that needs to be made leads us to identify three main types, from the cheapest to the most valuable:

• Crust leather: when leather is divided into two layers, the lower part that results is called the crust. With the finishing process, the leather is dyed and possibly corrected by buffing and subsequently pigmented or left in its suede state. It is the least expensive type of leather and is sometimes difficult to identify, compared to full-grain leather, when heavily finished.
  grain, when heavily finished.
• Corrected grain leather: this is a type of top grain leather that is finished with pigments and/or surface printings in order to cover defects and give a uniform appearance. It is a medium-price, widespread and particularly durable type of leather.
• Full-grain leather: this is the most valuable and expensive leather, but also the most delicate, as the upper layer of the leather (grain).