Chromexcel

Chromexcel is registered trademark for a kind of aniline leather with a history of production that goes back over a century in the US.^[1] The process of creating it requires "at least 89 separate processes taking 28 working days" at the Horween Leather Company.^[2]

History

Chromexcel was used in engine seals on tanks and other heavy equipment during World War II.^[2]

Types

Variations of Chromexcel include Wooly, Beaufort, Cavalier, Plainsman, Huntsman, Kudu, and Horsefront.^[3]

References

↑ Horween Leather Company Chromexcel accessed 7/23/2014
1 2 Kastning, TJ (10/04/13). "All About the Famous Chromexcel Leather from Horween Tannery". bestleather.org. Retrieved 2014-07-23. Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ "CHROMEXCEL®". Horween Tannery. Retrieved 2014-07-23.

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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