The Lexicon of Leather

摘要

Fellow leather enthusiasts, this is one article you can cut out and keep. Leather cleaning, like any other business, has its own jargon, and the following are the meanings of words we commonly use. So many of us don't know the correct definitions of words used around us, and sometimes, we use them incorrectly, too. Years ago, I thought cordovan was a color, since every time I saw it, it seemed to describe the same color of shoe. To my surprise, cordovan referred only to shoes made from the hide of horses' butts.