Materials for Shoes

Classical models men's boat shoes usually made of leather. There are models made suede. By itself, the leather is the stuff that people have started to process and use one of the first. Tannery is one of the oldest and, in fact, strictly chemical production, because it is a finite chemical effect on the natural material. Genuine leather has unique properties that allow you to use it to manufacture a variety of things. Methods of tanning leather in different nations differ. For the protection of animal skins from rotting and destruction used different methods of tanning. One of the oldest is standing up in the smoke of burning skins of plants. Nomads oiled skin with fat and brain of the animal, and Indians rubbed into the skin of a mixture of eggs and fat. Then the skin was washed in running water and kneads the smooth rounded stones. This is fat tanning technique. In India and among the peoples of the North, for tanning leather used decoctions and infusions of twigs and leaves of plants.

In Asia, the applied method of alum-tanned with a mixture of flour, salt, egg yolk and alum. Depending on the origin and mode of tanning of the skin are obtained with different properties. There are different types of skins of which are made moccasins, mainly used by cowboys. But often the boat shoes are made of other materials. Crocodile skin is also very popular. Even snakeskin used to make boat shoes and accessories. In addition, in recent years become more widely popular items made from kangaroo leather, which is known as having a great degree of durability. Suede is soft dressed deer or elk skin. Suede-called skin, prepared by soaking rawhides fats subjected to preliminary preparations. For the preparation of Suede eat lamb, goat, cow (as oxen and buffalo) and deerskins and hides gazelles, wild goats and antelopes. Suede like smooth skin, but the upper layers of the material removed, which gives suede distinctive appearance. It is much softer than most other types of skin, and for this reason is not so strong. Men's moccasins often made from suede. Suede is cheaper because its natural structure after treatment remains only partially. However, as the product of smooth leather they are in great demand, manufacturers use different techniques to make suede appearance of smooth leather.