Is It A Skiver Or A Pliver?

[StevenSiegel]

Good Day:

Growing up in this business, I would always get the definitions of Plivers and Skivers mixed up. I would frequently find myself asking my Uncle Jake, innumerable times to explain the difference. For my benefit, and hopefully for some of y'all that have the same problem that I do in remembering the difference, I would like to memorialize the differences:

Pliver:

The leather is dry split after being tanned or dyed. It includes the epidermis and may include the corium. It is most commonly produced on chrome leather.

Skiver:

This leather consists of the epidermis only. It is split after liming, before being tanned. It is usually vegetable tanned. The most common uses are for book binding and shoe linings.

The logical conclusion is that Genuine Skivers are more expensive than Plivers.

I hope you all have a great weekend.

Regards,

Steven Siegel, CEO

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