How to identify a genuine cowhide bag? What will happen if a genuine cowhide bag encounters water?

Method 1

First of all, genuine leather bags will have subtle "wrinkles" in places where they are folded or put under pressure. Just like human skin, they will naturally wrinkle when pressed with your hands. The wrinkles of cowhide are similar to human wrinkles.

Method 2:

The easiest way to identify it is to pinch it with your fingernails. Of course, don’t pinch it. Just pinch it gently. If it rebounds quickly, that’s it. Cowhide, if it cannot bounce back or rebounds very slowly, it may be fake leather, because one of the characteristics of cowhide is its good elasticity.

Method 3:

It depends on the temperature. Cowhide is animal skin. It has a constant temperature and will not be cold in winter. Imitation leather is obviously cold. If you have a genuine leather bag and an imitation leather bag, the effect will come out instantly in winter.

Method 4

Cowhide has a bit of a stinky smell. Cowhide is tanned with chemical substances. It has a chemical smell and a faint animal odor. Why is cowhide so bad? If you can't remove it, you can smell it if you smell it carefully. Imitation leather only has fragrance or chemical odor, and chemical odor is very pungent.

Method 5:

If it is difficult to tell the difference through the above methods, there is no other way. If it is convenient, cut off a small tassel and burn it with a lighter. If it looks like burning pig's trotters The smell is real cowhide.

The surface of cowhide absorbs oil and water, while the surface of imitation leather does not absorb water. You will know if you drop a drop of water or oil. This is one method, but it cannot be completely distinguished by this, because the surface of cowhide generally has It is coated with a waterproof layer, because real cowhide is prone to mold when exposed to water, so it will be waterproofed before leaving the factory.