How Much Do You Know About The Classification Of Common Leather Shoes

skin shoes According to the main raw material It is divided into cow leather shoes, pig leather shoes, sheep leather shoes, artificial leather shoes, synthetic leather shoes and other upper leather shoes.

1. Cowhide shoes

Cowhide shoes have fine grain surface, dense and small pores, thin skin, fine fibers, and are tightly and firmly woven.

Cowhide shoes are of the best quality and high price among leather shoes. Cow hide is divided into cattle hide, buffalo hide and yak hide. The upper leather is mostly made of cattle leather, with smooth and flat surface and the most delicate grain; Generally, buffalo hide is not used as upper leather but as sole because of its rough grain and loose fiber structure. However, in recent years, with the progress of production technology, it has also been used as upper leather after fine processing; Yak Leatherwear Due to limited resources and small quantity, it is seldom used for leather upper leather. The large soles of cowhide shoes include molded rubber soles and buffalo leather soles.

2. Pigskin shoes

Pigskin leather has good air permeability and abrasion resistance, but its surface is rough and unsmooth, with obvious "taste" shaped pores, poor elasticity and water resistance, and is easy to expand and deform after absorbing water. The leather shoes made of pig leather generally belong to middle and low-grade leather shoes. Pig leather is also often used for shoe lining. In recent years, the use of polishing technology has made the upper leather of pigskin shoes more beautiful than before and has become one of the popular varieties. The outsole of pig skin shoes generally adopts rubber soled synthetic soles.

3. Sheepskin shoes

Goat leather is mostly used as the upper leather of sheepskin shoes. Because of its thin skin, large elongation, soft and comfortable leather, smooth and fine grain, and easy to be dyed with bright colors, sheepskin leather is mostly used for women's shoes and children's shoes. Because of its soft texture and low fastness, sheepskin leather is generally suitable for making leather clothing , gloves, handbags, etc., should not be made of leather upper leather.

4. Artificial leather leather shoes

Artificial leather shoes are made of chloroethylene foam artificial leather as upper leather, like rubber products as the bottom, and are made of viscose. Artificial leather shoes are light and beautiful, and cheap, but their disadvantages are: poor permeability, not very solid, and easy to harden at low temperatures.

5. Synthetic leather shoes

Synthetic leather shoes generally use non-woven fabric and polyurethane synthetic leather as upper, rubber or plastic as bottom, and adhesive injection molding. Synthetic leather shoes have good tensile strength, certain cold resistance, abrasion resistance, strong water resistance, poor air permeability, but better air permeability than synthetic leather shoes.

In recent years, there are many leather shoes made of wet leather in the high-grade synthetic leather PCI leather in the market. PCI leather is a kind of high-grade synthetic leather, which can be divided into flat leather and wet leather. Flat leather has simple manufacturing process, poor air permeability and low price; Wet leather is well made and has better air permeability. At present, some high-end brand leather shoes are made of wet leather. Some of them are even more expensive than cowhide shoes, but they still attract many consumers.

6. PU leather shoes

With cloth or non-woven fabric as the substrate, polyurethane (PU) resin dip coating and a series of technological processes, the imitation leather with various patterns and bright colors on the surface is made. It has strong simulation, uniform quality, no mold, and has certain resistance to water and solvents. However, the moisture absorption, moisture removal and air permeability of natural leather are not as good as those of natural leather.

In addition to the above leather, in recent years, Tanning industry Some new materials and processes are used in the production and processing of leather upper leather, which breaks through the past traditions and habits, gives a fresh feeling and is welcomed. Such as: polished leather, embossed leather, patent leather, soft shoe upper leather, Rongguang leather.

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