Leather isn't graded like you may think. You tend see leather grains graded in order of best to worst quality as follows: Full grain, top grain, and split (often referred to as "genuine").

[Click] How beer is used to make alternative leather There are some caveats to using brewers' spent grain in food, however. Since it is loaded with moisture and so spoils quickly, using it close ...

But the unexpected addition at Loyalty Leather is paints. The couple takes full-grain leather hides leftover from the meat industry and makes sure they don't go to waste by crafting bags and hand ...

For instance, online shops such as the Gear-Zone (www.gear-zone.co.uk) offer the Scarpa Ranger, which has a full-grain leather upper, Vibram sole, and Cambrelle lining no Gore-Tex. It s a ...

But nutrition isn't the only area where spent grain could make an impact. Brett Cotten concedes that early efforts by his young London-based company, Arda Biomaterials, to create leather ...