"Product Innovation is core to our business -
its one of the principal reasons we’re so successful in so many different product sectors"
Matthew Nicholls - Managing Director
Glossary of Terms
Please select one of the letters below to view the glossary of terms.
|
Warble Fly
|
A warble fly causes damage to skin, by laying eggs in the hair or on the legs of cattle. The larvae then burrow into the flesh of the animal and live and grow inside the animal. After some months, the larvae create breathing holes through the skin, usually seen in the middle of the back, towards the neck
|
|
Wash-Off
|
Leather that has two dye layers, allowing one to be washed off or rubbed off (see rub-off and wash-off) to give an aged or antique look.
|
|
Water-Based Finish
|
A finish that is deposited on the substrate with water as the solvent medium.
|
|
Wet-Blue Leather
|
Leather which has been chrome tanned, but has not been further processed and is sold in the wet condition.
|
|
Wrinkle
|
A permanent crease or furrow on the grain surface of a hide or leather, incapable of removal by rolling or plating.
|