Once you have purchased a quality garment the following tips and advice will provide you
with years of satisfaction and protection of your investment.
Important Leather Knowledge
1 . As a general rule, a high quality leather garment starts off with a higher grade of leather skin and is made with better workmanship. Most leather garments these days are made in section work - someone sews the collar, someone else sews the sleeve etc. and then the garment is put together. For the best quality leather garment, look for the entire garment being sewn by one individual.
2 . When buying high quality leather, it is important to treat it with care. To protect your garments from the elements, we recommend Protector 16 by Tanna. Although such silicon protectants help guard against staining and moisture, they will not improve the quality of a lower grade leather skin.
3 . In case your leather garment gets wet, let it dry naturally; avoid drying near an immediate heat source.
4 . Avoid storing your garment in direct sunlight.
5 . For cleaning, trust only a professional leather cleaner who will provide a written guarantee. Dry cleaning will not improve discoloration due to aging, nor will it remove any stains of ink or blood without discolouring (in most cases); the only solution is to replace the stained leather panels.
6 . Should your leather garment require any servicing, make sure you take it to a manufacturer, not a retailer. Retailers can only service the workmanship - they do not have the variety of leather skins on hand or the facilities to replace damaged sections of your garment. At the Leather Ranch we have such facilities available.
7 . For quality, look for the Made in Canada label. Beware of designed in Canada by… (but made elsewhere... Insist on country of origin)
8 . Although soft and beautiful, lambskin leather is not very durable. Lambskin is extremely delicate and the top grain scratches easily. When stained, lambskin has a tendency to absorb dirt or liquid into the pores of the skin, making it nearly impossible to clean. Depending on the stitching, stretching the seams may sometimes cause the leather and not the seams to tear. Also, colour fading is most common in lambskin; the surface pigmentation seems to wear off more rapidly than with other leathers. |
