The hides normally used in our sector are around 1.1 - 1.2 mm thick because they are less expensive and easier to work. These more common hides are not part of Mascheroni’s sample range. The thinnest hides we work with are around 1.4 mm, and this is our starting point. We have various categories of leather, all much thicker, thus more difficult to work, but that ensure the end product will last longer. What makes our leather so difficult to work, apart from the fact that it is twice and even sometimes three-time as thick as common leathers, is the physical features of the hides: for example, “vegetable tanned leather” is really difficult to bend, fold and sew because it is more rigid.

Natural Hides

These hides are tanned so that all the natural characteristics are left intact and to preserve the excellence of the hides themselves, including the marks of the animal’s life, like small insect bites, wrinkles and different grain. All these marks are a testimony to the fact that the product is indeed natural, and thus must be considered traits of the quality of the product.It is Mascheroni’s job to ensure the hides are cut as well as possible so that those “marks” do not show up on the visible parts of the products.

AF HIDES

Bovine hides, mainly European, between 1.4 - 1.5 mm thick, tanned using chromium salts, aniline drum dyed, natural grain, full grain.

Soft and warm, an extremely beautiful look.

PELLE 3M/A

Bovine hides, mainly European, 2.2 mm thick, tanned using chromium salts, aniline drum dyed, natural grain, full grain. Feels like silk.

A splendid and delicate material with matchless beauty. The tiny imperfections are a guarantee that the hides are natural.

PELLE 3M

Bovine hides, mainly European, 3 - 4 mm thick, tanned using chromium salts, aniline drum dyed, natural grain, full grain.

The almost 4mm thickness guarantees the product will last a long time. The surface has extraordinary natural marks of the life of the animal. Full grain. Strong and warm.

VEGETABLE-TANNED LEATHER

Bovine hides, mainly European, 2.2 mm thick, vegetable tanned, full grain. Semi-lucid smooth surface, strong and warm. An excellent material, extraordinarily beautiful. Available as half hides only. Vegetable tanning uses an old recipe that blends bygone processes with all the technology available today.

SOFT VEGETABLE LEATHER

European bovine hides with a thickness of 1.8-2.0 mm, white tanning and mixed chrome and vegetable retanning.

Aniline-dyed barrel, natural grain, full grain. This leather enhances depth and transparency.