Russia leather

Russian leather (short Juchleder or short Juchten, also Juften ) is a leather made from the skin of calves or cattle. The name comes from the Russian.

The Russian leather is very firm, dense and smooth and is rubbed with birch tar oil, so it smells strong. It was originally made ​​in Russia, came in the 18th century but also to Germany, where it was used as the outer material of boots and shoes, but also for decoration goods, book covers and purses.

Meyers encyclopedia of 1888-1889

Juften (Russian, falsely Juchten ) lohgares ( vegetable-tanned ) leather, which used to be made exclusively in Russia and not to be attacked by strength, suppleness, a peculiar odor, by the property of the insects and the water a large to offer resistance, distinguished. Man, it makes for good skins of young cattle, which depilated, cleaned, swollen in a Sauerbad and are tanned with willow or poplar bark. After tanning, you put the skins to make them smoother, two days in a porridge made ​​from rye flour, salt and lukewarm water, then washed and allowed to dry. The best skins are determined to Juften white and rubbed only on the grain surface (hair side) with birch tar or Seehundstran and then dried, the others are red or black in color and then greased. Teerleder receives twice as much fat as the rest of Juften. After drying, the leather is flexed, folded, gekrispelt and rubbed on the grain side again with Seehundstran and tallow. Depending on use, the Juften will eventually smoothed or chagrined ( with an artificial grain patterns provided ). The white leather is used for army purposes, namely red work at portfolio, black to harness and footwear. The smell owes the Juften the birch tar. Boots from Juften must be diligently painted with Tran. The best Juften comes from the area of Novgorod and from southern Russia, but also outside of Russia, the goods are made ​​in excellent quality, and often ordinary red leather is perfumed, so it smells like Juften.

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