chrome tann / crust chrome finish

[Lexy]

12 hours ago, Matt S said:

Sorry chap, going to have to disagree quite strongly with you there. Nothing inherent about chrome tanned leather that prevents water from soaking in, nor from taking edge kote. It's still a nonwoven mesh of fibres. A kitchen sponge, a piece of felt and a scotchbrite pad will all absorb water and take edge kote, doesn't make them veg tanned leather. A better test is: if you wet it then bend it, does the piece of leather /hold/ a shape after it dries?

after wet and bend it holds shape 

[Matt S]

On 3/3/2021 at 4:40 AM, Lexy said:

 

14 minutes ago, Lexy said:

after wet and bend it holds shape 

Okay that's interesting, you've probably go a veg tan or combination tan leather there. Do the edges slick/burnish? (Quick test: lick about a cm length of edge with your tongue and rub the wide, smooth part of your thumbnail along it vigorously for a minute.)

I had been going by this photo, where the inner core of the leather appear blue-grey on my monitor:

[Lexy]

it doesnt burnish :D im gonna call this leather frankenstein

[Rahere]

8 hours ago, Lexy said:

it doesnt burnish :D im gonna call this leather frankenstein

Take it a step further. We'r

Take it a step further. Does it take an impression? If you've got a leather punch, try that, if not, try the head of a screw. Damp it first, then let it rest a minute, and press the head into it before letting it dry. If it holds the inpression, it's certainly not chrome.