Cowhide

• Cowhide – Wikipedia: Cowhide is the natural, unbleached skin and hair of a cow. It retains the original coloring of the animal. Cowhides are a product of the food industry from cattle. Cowhide is frequently processed into leather. Once a cow has been killed, the skin is removed. It is then selected in the raw state, at the very first moment when it is salted. It is organized by size and color. In the tannery, a traditional hair on hide tanning method is employed to ensure that the hide is soft, and less susceptible to odor and moulting. It ensures that the cowhide will last longer. It is then naturally dried and the best hides are separated from the rest, with the ones that cannot be used in full as decorative items separated to be used as patchwork rugs. These are usually those with damage (for example cuts and other injuries to the skin during the life of the animal) that causes the skin to tear post drying. Cowhide can be dyed to resemble skins such as tiger or zebra skins, but dyeing is[1].
• Leather – Wikipedia: Leather is a strong, flexible, and durable material obtained from the tanning, or chemical treatment, of animal skins and hides to prevent decay.
• Tanning – Wikipedia: Tanning, or hide tanning, is the process of treating skins and hides of animals to produce leather. A tannery is the place where the skins are processed.
• Cowboy boot – Wikipedia: Cowboy boots are a specific style of riding boot, historically worn by cowboys. They have a high heel that is traditionally made of stacked leather, rounded to pointed toe, high shaft, and, traditionally, no lacing. Cowboy boots are normally made from cowhide leather, which may be decoratively hand-tooled, but are also sometimes made from “exotic” skins like alligator, snake, ostrich, lizard, eel, elephant, stingray, elk, buffalo, and so on.
• Kangaroo leather – Wikipedia: Kangaroo leather is lighter and stronger than the hide of a cow or goat. It has 10 times the tensile strength of cowhide and is 50% stronger than goatskin.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowhide
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leather
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanning_%28leather%29
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_boot
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo_leather

Cowhide (Wikipedia)

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Cowhide is the natural, unbleached skin and hair of a cow. It retains the original coloring of the animal. Cowhides are a product of the food industry from cattle. Cowhide is frequently processed into leather.