Tipos de CLeather types: basane (badana)ueros. Badanas

Within leather types,

today we’re talking about BADANA (BASANE)

Badana is a soft-textured leather known for being very strong and long-lasting. It’s also very flexible and comfortable to wear, which makes it ideal for garments such as jackets, vests and trousers. It’s also used to make bags, gloves, shoes and other accessories.

Badana is typically obtained from the skin of lambs or young sheep that have not yet developed thick, tougher hides. It can also come from other animals such as goats, deer or calves, but it’s most commonly associated with lamb/sheep skin.

To get high-quality badana, it’s important that the hide has been properly tanned and treated to ensure durability and resistance.

It can be tanned with vegetable tannins such as oak bark extract, an alternative to chrome tanning. This method is known as “vegetable tanning” and it’s an older, traditional technique used for centuries.

Vegetable tanning uses natural tannins extracted from tree bark, leaves and other plant materials to treat the hide and turn it into leather. This process is slower and more labor-intensive than chrome tanning, but it produces a high-quality leather that is durable and resistant.

Vegetable-tanned badana has a more natural, matte color than chrome-tanned leather, and a softer, more flexible feel. It’s also a more eco-friendly and sustainable option than chrome tanning, since it uses natural, non-toxic materials.

This type of leather can also be produced with mixed tanning, combining chrome tanning and vegetable tanning.

This process aims to get the best of both: the strength and durability of chrome-tanned leather and the soft, natural texture of vegetable-tanned leather. Mixed tanning involves applying a chrome treatment and a vegetable-tannin treatment at different stages. For example, chrome tanning may be applied first to ensure resistance and durability, then vegetable tannins are used to soften the texture and improve the natural look.

Overall, badana leather is an excellent choice for high-quality leather goods.