(from the article `shoe`) Since time immemorial, shoes have been made of leather. The luxury leather used in the finest men`s and women`s shoes is calf. The most versatile ...
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Large hides are cut in half down the backbone to make them easier to handle in the tannery. Each piece is called a side. Most shoe leather made from cattle hides is produced as side leather, while most upholstery leather produced from hides is processed as whole hides. Increasingly the cutting of hides into sides is done after tanning, at the wet b...
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