What Is the Difference Between Cowhide leather & Buffalo leather? | Guifeng Leather

Due to its growing environment and living habits, the cowhide leather is relatively soft and the handsfeel is more comfortable.

Buffalo has been soaking in water for a long time, so the buffalo leather will be rougher, so the feel and comfort of the buffalo leather is not so good compared to the cowhide leather, and it is really hard!

Analyze the pores from the surface of the leather.

The pores on the surface of the cowhide leather are round, the parts are small, and they extend straight into the leather, and the pores are tight and even, and the arrangement is irregula. The pores on the surface of buffalo leather are thicker than those of cowhide leather, the part difference is large, the plush is loose, the number of pores is rarer than that of cowhide leather, and the leather is more relaxed, which is not as delicate and plump as cowhide leather.

Analysis from the handsfeel

The cowhide leather feels soft and comfortable. Buffalo leather feels stiff and rough.

Analyze from odor

The scent of cowhide leather is relatively heavy. The process of manufacturing cowhide leather is made of synthetic sulfonated oil, almost no taste, only a faint smell of leather aroma. The flavor of buffalo leather lighter. In the production process of buffalo leather, using lot of sulfated fish oil, which with slight pungent fishy smell.