Buff leather

Buff leather is a strong, soft preparation of bull's or elk's hide, which was worn under mail armor in the middle ages to deaden the effect of a blow. As armor fell into disuse, buff coats, which would turn a broadsword cut, and even a pistol ball, were often worn in lieu of complete steel, either with or without a cuirass and gorget of metal. Modern buff leather, of which soldiers' cross belts and other accoutrements are frequently made, is for the most part made of common buckskin.

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). "Buff Leather". The American Cyclopædia.

Armour types

Historical armour types

Modern armour types

Trauma plate	Ceramic plate Doron Plate

Ballistic fabrics	Gold Flex Aramid Kevlar Kevlar KM2 Twaron UHMWPE/HPPE Spectra Shield Ballistic nylon

Fictional armour types

Banded mail

Category:Medieval armour
Category:Personal armour

Leather

Types	Aniline Bicast Boiled Bonded Buckskin Braintanned Calfskin Chamois Chromexcel Corinthian Kidskin Law leather Morocco Nappa Nubuck Ostrich Patent Parchment Rawhide Sealskin Shagreen Shell cordovan Suede

Leather sources	Alligator Bison Cattle Deer Eel Goat Hog Kangaroo Ostrich Seal Sheep Yak

Processes	Unhairing Deliming Liming Oiling Tanning

Fabrication	Leather carving Leather crafting British Museum leather dressing

Substitutes	Alcantara Artificial leather Naugahyde Poromeric Presstoff Ultrasuede

Leather museums	German Leather Museum Igualada Leather Museum Walsall Leather Museum Leather Archives and Museum British Museum leather dressing

Companies	Horween Leather Company

Related	History of hide materials Leather Archives and Museum Leather subculture

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