How to tell if Leather is Real

How to tell if Leather is Real. I filmed this in Italy.

[@GasGotti]

"If I were to put this stuff on. I would be real leather too. " #WISDOM

[@S.A.T.O.-]

I found that so scary to happen

[@fennishing]

this lady is so funny and informative actually

[@bubbleblonde9600]

I agree! There's got to be a better solution to find out if we are getting a leather couch or not. I heard something about poking your finger into the seat ( back, arms, etc) and if the material is drawn in towards the finger like an Asterix ( direct, lines) IT IS LEATHER. Another way to tell if it is real leather, of course the smell, and the touch, if it is smooth ( I'm sure they will improve on this characteristic soon enough, to make it seem like real leather ), it is NOT leather.

[@BlueToronto]

@@bubbleblonde9600 Real leather can absolutely be smooth so I wouldn't go relying on that.

[@ayenunu]

IT WOULD BE GREAT IF SHE KNOWS THE NAME OF THE LEATHER ...BUT SHE DOESNT KNOW WHAT LEATHER SHES TALKING ABOUT ...
WHICH IS CALLED.. "SYNTHETIC LEATHER" ITS AN ARTIFICIAL OR SUBSTITUTE LEATHER.

[@lirsin7194]

U have perfume?
it's flower?
are U flower?

[@mubasharqadeerSAP]

Yes i am :)

[@ofdrm]

She said if you smell like flower (because of perfume), it doesn't mean you are a flower. Similarly if something smells like leather, it doesn't mean it's leather i.e. it could be fake.

[@bigbiznisirl]

Yes she did

[@sybylo]

Ok

[@krayzmitchell505]

10 years into the future men are putting on women product and calling themselves women. Lol 😂 started from the leather now we’re here lol

[@mino7631]

She's so cute, adorable, funny and informative.

[@daddypurge5577]

I'll Be Back Time To Burn A $180 Jacket.

[@pacatcacat]

The best teacher bout leather

[@shahriarsiam6729]

Omg 13 years ago & I'm watching this in 2021 😂
Btw,
Nice & very informative video

[@bantamdude]

I never thought that u can chew gum like a Douche, but the meat head in the back does it like a pro.

[@jeraldobasha]

All of them sound like douches. They aren't respective enough

[@muhammadaliclay8976]

i am sure that guy is american

[@b.abouttowwn]

This made me cackle!

[@rockinpoison89]

the teacher is hilarious

[@ivanverdian1]

Basically, she suggests that we CAN NOT differentiate between fake and real leather.
The best way to ensure that good is made off the real leather is to buy from a qualified store.

[@aronbeast7]

No. It means it got over your head, watch the video again.

[@primetime0104]

good info. thanks for posting it. I liked her accent, and understood every word.

[@atrocitus9198]

nothing beats the fire test to identify real leather.

[@chernozem7335]

I just have this leather shoes. It feel, smells, and looks like faux leather but when i try to fire test it on the tongue area where the full layer are exposed, It doesn't melt and the burn smells like burned real leather. But there's a suspicious area inside the toe where it looks like a fabric from faux leather, and again when i fire test the top of the toe, it doesn't melt and not even burned. I'm confused what kind of leather is this 😅
Can i have your opinion?

[@specter3325]

well here we are in 2023 and these kids are now over 30 years old. I wonder what they remember of it lol...without having to rewatch the video

[@XXXyoungloveXXX]

I just got what she said about the flowers after watching it the 2nd time. If it smells like flowers then it's not leather because leather is not flowers. However, smelling it isn't the best way because companies disguise the smell with different things just as women disguising their smells with perfumes. Her accent is sexy. Strong, dominant, and asian, with complete words spoken everytime she speaks. Fire proof Taste. I aint made at her pronounciation since english is her second launguage lol.

[@brutakila7129]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@mikukene1998]

Ok.

[@gloryboundkev]

If a dog barks at it and won't stop, then it is real leather from China.

[@sleepwalker29]

She said "if it is 50% real leather than it is real leather." No it's not. 100% leather is real leather.

[@simetoqnko2144]

She is really good at explaining but those people around her just make it so awkward....

[@oursavior9883]

She's beautiful.

[@Josh-wp5tm]

Fax

[@happyhart4518]

I was born into an artsy family. I create leather equestrian products.
My question is this, can I 'tool' fake leather and expect to get the same results?... I do a lot of carving. Very intricate designs.
Please someone let me know. I'm also vegetarian as of approx ten years.
Thanks

[@Beta_Tester]

I have a same question

[@drleo6409]

Good input. She must be fromTexas.

[@vuaeco]

I've never seen a bilingual Asian woman speak English so fast. :D

[@jackrussel8386]

LMAO

[@dieseldogg564]

she's cute :)
i wasn't paying attention

[@Johnny-WaIker]

simp

[@reveriesimplex648]

these comments are hilarious.

[@hopeindirect4165]

When I put on ma leather, and rock to sum Metallica, Delta Parole, Foo Fighters or the Smashing Pumpkins I feel like I can do anything in the whole wide world.

[@Samuel115s]

she is pretty.

[@guillaumegalienne6351]

The teaching was interesting but I didn't get the solution at the end, we must to check the provenance of the product ? What are the 3 letters she talks about ?

[@wilismatrix9847]

lol, the best way to tell if it is real or fake is to look at the edge cuts of the tissue where there is stitching. Iif it is a clean cut and we can see the back of the leather which is rough and the surface appears polished than it is real leather else it is fake !

[@grownupgaming]

Easier way: Press into the material with your thumb. if you see uniform creases, its fake. if you see a wide variation of some deep and some light creases, its real.

[@mysteriousman3000]

Nobody:
Guy chewing in the background: °○° ° - ° °○° ° - °

[@nolansaulnier8081]

Nice Blues Brothers shirt

[@cantrix6635]

I'm gonna go ask local farmers for their cattle's skin and produce for myself instead now. Mean time, time to burn a jacket. c':

[@primetime0104]

very useful info, no problem undersatanding her either.

[@OIJNEB]

2:12 guy was checking out the instructor pervert

[@Patrick_Nguyen]

Sure...

[@MaximumJoy]

Thanks yoko

[@rubenpural3566]

That's true Fen & amusing to watch.

[@joshythomas6775]

Hi I need mor information for leather bcz I am in leather belts business, how I can contact?

[@elitepunch1498]

Oh wow! Super fast rate of speech she got, I wonder how long did she take to learn and repeat it exactly word by word ?

[@bigbadbaby7640]

Beautiful 🤩

[@devinfahada4880]

she sounds like marketing manager

[@dhruvrajsinhjadeja-vfxarti3085]

we should now switch to synthetic leathers

[@misamisatv]

Dhruvrajsinh Jadeja Fake leather is toxic and bad for the environment.

[@thegreatoutdoors9644]

misamisatv - 😂😂 Wow. Your smart aren't you? What about the animals and the children who get cancer from dumping their bare feet into chemicals to preserve the skin? Fake leather is best.

[@ndane2]

@@thegreatoutdoors9644 also 😂😂😂 i forgot to be a smart ass

[@BlueToronto]

@@thegreatoutdoors9644 What are you talking about? High quality and regulated tanneries have safety procedures for their employees. If it is some sham unregulated company making leather then the problem is the company not the leather. Animal skins don't get processed until the animal is already dead so why the heck does anyone or any animal need to dump their feet in chemicals?

[@Hattonbank]

You must be living in the Stone Age
Leather is processed from hides in tanneries, there are no people splashing around in chemicals, I will take to to one if you like

[@MomAsol]

Good information to know thanks

[@renzvelasco]

Informative!

[@TasteForDisaster]

blues brothers shirt! yay

[@dr.excalibur9818]

Thanks my wallet is real leather

[@kharmakamin]

taglio, cuciture, bottoni, cerniere, fodera, colorazione e modo di colorazione, tutto questo contribuisce a fare il prodotto, non solo la pelle.

[@natheeralkhunaizy1551]

What is the name of her factory?

[@peterpham6288]

Lastly: Is it made in china?
If it is, usually it is pleather

[@anirudhvikal5318]

Watching this in 2023

[@capitalaquatics5553]

thanks dear

[@vitaminprotein070]

Damn she's fast as f boy🤣✌️✌️

[@socialdistance4508]

Her hair though

[@jakobgrunstein1092]

Pretty girl

[@nirvanaofmonkasar1107]

cheena made leather.

[@nexodavix465]

Good teacher, funny

[@vincentrogers450]

sounds like she's practiced this presentatation many,many times!

[@JRSLASH]

Who's here in 2021

[@captian1000]

This video is eternal. lol

[@moonstar9559]

Leather is a product of animal crulity.

[@youssefbentachfin]

thx for the vd where is that ?

[@captian1000]

+youssef aamir Florance, Italy.

[@maliknaeemawanleathertechn5845]

+ if you chack crass chack is vary batar and also water absrbion

[@EvertvanIngen]

IMPOSSIBRU!

[@KibAJoel]

nice video

[@MarkGelderland]

I like her. A lot

[@mrkongsimr]

If you pinch it the real leather leafed a mark or a scar as the vinyl leaves no mark ??

[@jhonwick2283]

Leather or not leather but the girl is beautiful 🤣😂🤣😂

[@Lonelyplanet3]

I prefer fake one.

[@b.l.6528]

Might as well make high quality fake leather

[@vuyanikonase1081]

Weight simple

[@sharonlee4773]

this needs Subtitles,I cant understand anything shes saying.

[@JewelHuq]

if i used 55% leather does it be real leather
but we tell 100% leather?
how you will differentiate

[@wilsjane]

The terminology is very confusing. Full grain and top grain is real 100% leather, bur genuine leather is the lower layer that has been sanded and polished. It has some pvc sprayed on the surface to provide a finish, but this varies a great deal, depending on surface blemishes. On poor quality genuine leather, their may even be pvc filling holes in the skin. Since most of the strength of leather in in the surface, the lower split genuine leather is much easier to split or tear.

[@BlueToronto]

@@wilsjane I think in Italy "vera pelle" which means real or genuine leather can be legitimately used to distinguish between real leather and fake leather without any reference to the "type' of leather (re: full, top, suede...)

[@yjmsniper]

She is funny

[@peterjohnespelita9354]

Who's here in 2020?

[@vuyanikonase1081]

Weight

[@bhaktinetwork1008]

rather the leather that no animals had to suffer fear and death for

[@XXXyoungloveXXX]

I understood
i.e. i know

[@hostilityy]

Doesn't fucking matter, it's still made in china. no pun intended.

[@watercolorarttirthashankar2094]

its true!!! only fire test can determine a real leather!!!

[@wilsjane]

NON DESTRUCTIVE testing is not that simple. Although real leather is hard to burn it will start to shrink, but not melt. Sheep leather shrinks much faster than cow.
Both will burn ultimately, but with a dry flame more like wood, with no melting or black smoke. Real leather will also go out once the heat is removed.

[@donttrip2783]

I dont even know what she said maybe im just high 😎

[@henryhomes]

Asian-woman-splaining :)

[@giladhaim7465]

Leather is pretty only on it’s original owners

[@kh1372]

Where tf are they at

[@captian1000]

This was recorded in Florence Italy.

[@zoesdada8923]

Seriously?

[@abcdefg29500]

i cant anderstand her acsent

[@d0nj03]

"The fire test" is bullshit: you can run a flame back and forth a few times along the face of a leather or vinyl product and neither will melt or catch fire because you're simply not heating it up enough in any particular spot. Now if you keep the flame in one place for multiple seconds, _both_ leather and vinyl (or whatever other plasticky fake you have) with suffer damage, so that's no way to tell them apart.
The only heat test I've heard of that sounded plausible was the melting test, where you would touch the material with a hot (but not glowing) soldering iron and see if it melts: plasticky fakes should melt; genuine leather should simply burn at the surface and turn black at the exact point of contact with the iron. (Never tried it myself though.)

[@istvannenovak8545]

You are wrong. We run a shoes store for years and we test shoes by a lighter and the difference is huge, clearly seen. Genuine leather will resist open flame for over 3 seconds without any burning or smoke, no traces at all wehile fake leather will burn or melt or discolorize after 3 sec. And will have a bad burnt plastic smell.

[@d0nj03]

Novák Mária
Is that 3 seconds of moving the flame back and forth or 3 seconds of keeping the flame in one place?

[@nicsword1]

+d0nj03 gimme dat expensive pair of shoes or that nice jacket and let me expose it to a flame...hahahahaaa how banal is this. nice couch...let me light it!!!!

[@wilsjane]

Your comment really made me laugh. Testing leather with fire is really dangerous as one of my friends found out. After his date assured him that her pants were real leather, he decided to stub his cigarette out on her ass. It gave a whole new meaning to the term "liar liar pants on fire". It also put a quick end to his evening with his hot date. He always wondered how she got home with the big melted hole in her pants.

[@MaximRecoil]

>And will have a bad burnt plastic smell.
Exactly.

[@johanndaart7326]

I like that she is really into it. Too bad the guys are just duds.

[@captian1000]

High school jocks at their finest. I’m sure they have all grown up at this point. The video is 12 years old after all.

[@johanndaart7326]

@@captian1000 Yeah, no insult intended, it was just sad to see that this girl really tried hard while they were making fun of her behind her back. Some women are really insecure, this Asian girl wasn't stopped even by language barrier.

[@fatherbewithme]

Ah HA

[@RedCoyote]

@abcdefg29500 I can't understand your spelling.

[@thedawapenjor]

Taste.

[@olitaggu9333]

mute the vid. Looks like something else entirely.

[@erniedawg]

Awkward clapping at the end

[@ugurtas1968]

I love you long time for your information

[@elizabethj238]

The best wallet I ever had is synthetic leather, and no animals were slaughtered....also, much of the leather from China is dog skin...think about it...China has no space for cows, but stacks of tortured dogs in rusty metal cages...how else can new leather gloves sell for $9.99? They have done DNA tests on cheap leather and found much of it to be dog... Years ago, leather was very expensive, but because of high demand, the cruelty has increased exponentially to keep up with demand for cheap leather. Also, the leather tanning process is very toxic for the workers and pollutes the water. Unfortunately, many people are too vain to consider the suffering that went into producing their accessories.

[@MaximRecoil]

>The best wallet I ever had is synthetic leather
That's a meaningless assertion. The best wallets are made from leather, regardless of what you've had for wallets and your opinions of them. Synthetic leather is junk.
>also, much of the leather from China is dog skin
No, there's no evidence that dog leather from China making its way into the U.S. is anything other than a rarity. It isn't even common in the Chinese marketplace. Also, who cares? Dogs aren't even remotely an endangered species.
>China has no space for cows
Is that a joke? Like all PETA morons, you're misinformed, as well as stupid - "China is a major player in the word beef industry in terms of production, consumption and, in recent years, trade." - www.uq.edu.au/agriculture/docs/CAEG/China.pdf
Which do you think is more profitable for a major leather manufacturer to work with, giant cow hides or tiny dog hides? Larger hides maximize the efficiency of your workforce and your machinery, and there is a bigger market for them, because a wider variety of products can be made from them. A big leather manufacturer wouldn't dick around with small hides unless they were especially valuable, and dog hides are not. Plus, they can't even legally export them to most countries, including the U.S., so in addition to the loss of profits, they would be taking a legal risk trying to sell them outside of China. The only ones who would bother with dog hides would be small-time operations, and even then they would have to get the hides for free or dirt cheap to make it worthwhile.

[@dr.subashinemohan8871]

exactly i stopped buying leather products...just for our shoes,bags,wallets,jackets,etc...to harm such poor babies..

[@swicheroo1]

That is a presentation for a shop in Florence, Italy...you racist shit.

[@jairosouza7994]

The lady is pretty and adorable yet video resolution is pretty bad.

[@captian1000]

This was uploaded before TH-cam did anything higher than 480i, also it was shot on Mini DV in standard definition.

[@cad0420alice]

The term for “real” or “fake” should not be the standard when purchasing leather product. This is a term that came up from brands for marketing. The genuine leather is also real but it is not good quality leather. And how do you call a bonded leather? It is real but just stick together. A lot of brand write “real leather” on their tags for bonded leather. But bonded leather will start pealing just like vinyl after one or two years.

[@c0uchsl0uch]

I only wear roadkill so as to not torture a animal

[@user-gb4dn3zj8q]

Real leather comes from torchured animals who had been killed for your money

[@zf5249]

+Nedyalka Mihaleva torture?

[@user-gb4dn3zj8q]

all severe deseases come from meat- nothing good comes from dead animals

[@zf5249]

Nedyalka Mihaleva stop being an ignorant hippy

[@lemonzest_]

+Ezekiel F You're the ignorant one

[@zf5249]

Hello Kitty ignorant how?

[@comments2840]

Basically saying nothing!

[@veganspace]

leather is animal cruelty.

[@HamidRoshaan]

Yeah? Nobody knew that, thanks for Enlightening us.

[@thegreatoutdoors9644]

H Wh - Think about the animals for once, asshat. Fake leather is best.

[@kegaan]

Made in Asia - Fake
Made in Mexico -Real

[@thejokertvshow738]

Is this vegan

[@memebarrera223]

Animal cruelty is sick

[@sofoniza]

You should be friends with Phoebe Buffay