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In my view, any variant of "broad naming" is going to be due to marketing or regulations. 100% wool doesn't mean anything when you can't trace individual sheep, or mixture of herd from some farm, or where and how the yarn has been spun, woven, and the list goes on.

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Mmfad

•Created by AAE on 9/24/2024 in #questions-and-advice

Demystifying leather belt quality

You could technically burnish aniline leather, just do all kinds of different stuff.

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Mmfad

•Created by AAE on 9/24/2024 in #questions-and-advice

Demystifying leather belt quality

You essentially polish and buff the duck out of your leather until it's all shiny, glossy, and texture-y.

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Mmfad

•Created by AAE on 9/24/2024 in #questions-and-advice

Demystifying leather belt quality

Burnishing on the other hand isn't done during the tanning, but afterwards as far as I am aware.

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Mmfad

•Created by AAE on 9/24/2024 in #questions-and-advice

Demystifying leather belt quality

You could aniline dye full grain, sand the full grain down and dye it that way, even dye the split.

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Mmfad

•Created by AAE on 9/24/2024 in #questions-and-advice

Demystifying leather belt quality

This info doesn't apply to belts only, but all leather. Bags, shoes, belts... everything is cut out from the same processed material after all, the hide. I am assuming that you're already acquainted with what "full grain", "top grain" and "genuine leather" refers to, so I will jump straight to the point. Full aniline finishing is a process that takes place during tanning. Essentially, some step after your leather has mingled with tanines, you place the hide in a drum vat with aniline dye, your leather gets stiffer, gets homogenously dye-d through, and you have mostly one-shaded, solid leather!

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Mmfad

•Created by neonblessed on 9/24/2024 in #questions-and-advice

Does this look visually too crowded to your eyes?

I apologise that even the idea of wearing everything back again is too tiring.

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Mmfad

•Created by neonblessed on 9/24/2024 in #questions-and-advice

Does this look visually too crowded to your eyes?