Sheepskin from South Africa, which has been much, used for gloving. Much used in footwear leather and sport glove leather. Now all hairsheep skins have taken the generic name cabretta. The skins were exported to the USA by the Booth Line (part of the Booth Tanning Group) and the name cabretta stayed with them. When the Portuguese first went to Brazil they mistook the indigenous hairsheep for goats and called them cabrettas (kids). Cabretta LeatherĪ wrongly named hair sheep. Sometimes done on the flesh side to tidy up its appearance. Sandpapering the leather with sandpaper or emery paper for various reasons such as the creation of a suede like nap on suede, a nubuck finish on grain, or for the preparation of corrected grain leather.
Often the local name for this department is a derivation for the local word for “river”. Beamhouses in Europe in the Middle Ages were mostly sited on the riverside, and the skins cleaned and softened by hanging in the water. Before modern machinery the processes of fleshing, scudding and others were carried out over specially designed wooden beams using curved two handled knives with sharp or blunted edge according to the operation.
The area of the tannery where the unhairing and liming processes are carried out. The word is a form of “abate” in the sense of reduce.
#CABRETTA LEATHER HIDES SKIN#
The process prior to tanning proper where the fibres of a hide or skin that have been plumped or swollen by liming are reduced and softened, thus assuring pliability in the product. They will not affect the performance of the leather. Slight scratches or surface marks are part of what makes up a natural material and should be regarded as such. All skins will have some faults, even aniline leathers. Aniline leathers are literally “naked” allowing the natural beauty of the grain to show through. Often considered the highest quality material. Leather that retains its colour only from dyestuffs rather than from pigment, and as a consequence looks more natural. A major tannage for gloves in history, only used infrequently today. A process of tanning with alum, used in combination with salt, egg yolk and other substances.
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