CHAPTER II.

RUSSET LEATHER.

Selecting Rein Leather—Stains—Comparative Value of good and poor Stock—Hand Part Leather—Graining in the Workshop—Buff Leather—Loop Leather—The Necessity of a Mellow Grain; uniform Thickness unimportant—Buying Leather—Weight Stock—Unreliability of the rough Brand—Backs—Cropping—Trimmed Stock 33