Leatherati

Tube Stake: Leder Spinner - Flying Pig - Bear The Sprint Corgi - Cat Jacket Fever

Sometimes it's just for fun, even if the fun is disturbing.  Well, maybe especially when the fun is disturbing.

    

    

Will The Real Patent Leather Please Stand Up?

Turns out that it really is leather!

I always thought that Patent Leather was just another name for Pleather.  Apparently I need to get shopping for my new patent leather harness...hawt!

Sporting a high gloss finish, patent leather has long been established as leather that is considered uptown and formal. Here is some background on how patent leather is created, and some examples of the fine products that are made usingpatent leather.

The history of patent leather begins in the early 19th century and owes its invention to Seth Boyden of Newark, New Jersey. During the year 1818, Boyden began to investigate the possibility of creating a version of leather that was treated in such a way that the material retained its desirable qualities of protection and durability. At the same time, this new type of leather would also have an appearance that would be decidedly more dressy than work boots and similar leather goods.