Talk:Leather
From Academic Kids
this doesn't seem correct -- snake and crocodile leather? I have heard them called snake skin and crocodile skin but never leather. Is anyone out there more certain? --rmhermen
- according to the definition, leather is cured animal hide, which means the croc and snake skin are technically leathers...mike dill
- The skin in its raw state is called skin (or hide if it is of larger animals) and leather refers to the processed/cured skin/hide. In the case of snake/crocodile even the cured skin is referred to as skins not leathers. It is just the language usage, no special reason. Technically leather should also be correct. -- Ma Siva Kumar
- It depends on how you cure them. "Leather" has a technical meaning, which I'm only beginning to learn, and tried to hint at in the entry. -- Metahacker 23:20, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)
