There are many kinds of leather, different types of raw materials and different tanning methods can be used to make leather which is suitable for various purposes. The leather commonly used for notebook or diary covers has the following characteristics.
Characteristic of cowhide
Cow skins include cow, yak and buffalo leather.
Cow leather is with exquisite surface, thick cortex, high intensity and good elasticity, the product made of cowhide is beautiful, comfortable and durable.Yellow cattle leather is mainly used for notebook, clothing, shoes, luggage and ball products. Also it is the raw material of making crazy horse leather journal.
The texture of buffalo leather is slightly worse than that of cow's hide, but other properties and USES are similar to that of cow's hide.Buffalo hide has rough surface, coarse fiber, and slightly less strength than that of cow hide.
Buffalo leather is mainly used to make sofas,bags and leather shoes.
Characteristics of pigskin
Pig leather is very different from cow and sheep leather, which is mainly manifested in rough texture surface, fiber compactness, fullness and poor elasticity. However, pigskin is similar in strength to cowhide and stronger than sheepskin, so its products are durable but poor in appearance. Pigskin can be used to make the inside part of notebook or journal.