Shell cordovan (or cordovan) is a vegetable tanned, world-famous leather made of a specific layer of horsehide - "cordovan". Cordovan can be found only in equine leather and, speaking scientifically, its nature is closer to cartilage than to skin. Cordovan is made by shaving tanned horse rumps. One horse rump yields only two oval pieces of cordovan - two shells, we never know what area we can work out of each rump: sometimes shells are large, other times they are small.
Article _ _ _ _ _ _ SHELL CORDOVAN
Tanning_ _ _ _ _ _ Vegetable, Vacchetta
Finish_ _ _ _ _ _ Aniline with greasing, aniline, mechanically glazed
Face_ _ _ _ _ _ extremely tight surface with deep colour variations and reach shine
Underside____ _ _ polished, unfinished
Thickness _ _ _ _ _ _ 1.6mm or 4oz
Density _ _ _ _ _ _ 9/10
Feeling _ _ _ _ _ _ tight, durable, greasy
Aroma _ _ _ _ _ _ light, pleasant
Patina _ _ _ _ _ _ rich patina formed from the first days
Raw hides source _____No horse is killed for its skin. The raw hides that we use are the by-products of the food industry.
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Domestic (European countries): Postal delivery / TNT Express.
International: First Class (7-14 days) include tracking / TNT Express.
Orders ship from Slovakia, Europe.
Postal delivery is available to all countries worldwide.
If you're shipping outside the EU you may be required to pay import duties and tax before, on or after delivery.
Deliveries to the USA with a value over $800 may attract import duties and tax. Please visit cbp.gov for info on importing to the USA. If you're looking to purchase multiple items that are over this amount and don't like the idea of import duties, we recommend placing multiple orders.
Very important: we cannot declare lower value on customs form as that's illegal and affect our VAT exemption.
We aim to despatch all orders within 2-3 working days, this does not apply to preordered items and might be different during high seasons. Our delivery times are as follows:
• Domestic (EU): 3-5 business days;
• USA: 7-10 business days;
• Russia (European part): 7-10 business days;
• Russia (Eastern part): 10-14 business days;
• Hong Kong, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia: 10-14 business days;
• Japan: 7-10 business days;
I'll do my best to meet these dispatch estimates, but can't guarantee them. Actual delivery time will depend on many factors including the seasons and your local carrier's work.
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Full production from raw wet-salted horse hides to finished shells might take up to six months to complete.
The items presented in this section are all made-to-order, that means that after receiving your order and payment, we start finishing leathers for your request. We try our best to always stock a certain quantity of shaved and ready for finishing crust shells, however, they are not always match the ordered size and quantity.
Long story short, for the MTO items we ask maximum 4 weeks for production and then we ship them to the customers.
If your order contain MTO articles along with the stock products, please let us know would you prefer them to be shipped when the entire order will be ready or separately (additional shipping costs will be charged in that case).
High quality vegetable tanned leathers producer and supplier from Toscana, Italy.
