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The most common hide used for leather is a cows hide. But there are also several other options available such as deer or elk skin for softer leathers.

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What Hides used to make leather?

Buffalo Hides


What is a leather jacket a kind of?

Leather is most often made from cow hides. Commercially manufactured leather is always made from cow hides. Other animal hides such as moose, deer, elk, caribou can also be used to make leather.


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The raw material used to make shoes is leather, obtained from animal hides such as cattle and buffalo after slaughter. The hides are tanned into leather.


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The boy hides under the table.These hides will be used to make leather.


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Tannery selection. Used to specify the grades of hides from hides traders.


Should leather be extracted from animals that are used for food?

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What was used in knights armor?

metal, leather and hides


What kind of leather is used to make a cricket ball?

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What does mean TR Leather?

Tannery selection. Used to specify the grades of hides from hides traders.


What are the uses of cattle?

beef cattle are used for their meat and dairy cattle are used for their milk. They also use them for their hides to make leather. HIH


How did Indians use leather?

Indians tanned their skins for many uses. Some used tanned hides for shelter. Many used them to make clothing. Other tribes used leather for bridles for their horses. Leather was used for whatever the Indian had need for at the time. If there was a way to use leather, at least one tribe would have found it.


How is salt used with leather?

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