Making leather is a lengthy and technical process that has to be followed with precision and care in order for the process to produce a high-quality leather with the same finish each time.
The process will start with an animal hide and by the end of the journey there will be apiece of leather ready to be transformed into a bag, clothing or any other leather product.
Leather has good hydrothermal stability, good mechanical properties, and its resistance to chemical and biological degradation helps it to be used in various applications ,such as making of handbags, belts, clothing, small accessories and shoes, furniture, interior decoration.
Leather can be made from the hide of almost any animal including pigs, sheep, goats and crocodiles. However, the most common hide used is that from a cow, a by-product of the meat and dairy industries.
When a hide is prepared, the second stage in the leather-making process is called tanning and will convert the hides into leather through preserving the material and halting decomposition.