Oct 15, 2000 11:43
23 yrs ago
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Spanish term

piel flor

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This is a text about industrial shoes. This must be a type of leather. Any help greatly appreciated...

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grain leather

...used in safety gloves and footwear.

There is also full-grain leather, "piel plena flor".

Reference: Vocabulario del cuero (The Leather Glossary) Spanish-English-Italian

You wil find all kinds of leather there.
Good luck.
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Berni Armstrong
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skiver

haven't found "piel flor" but "flor de piel lanar" (skiver) and "flor de piel cabria" (goat skiver), check it out ref. below. hope it helps anyway... :)
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full-grain leather or grain leather

<<Full-grain leather
The top surface of a leather, corresponding to the external part of the skin, that has not had the grain removed mechanically.
The advantages of a full-grain leather glove: good manual dexterity, comfort, and precise touch.>>

http://www.deltaplus.fr/GB/index.html

<<Todo flor
Es un tipo de piel que se encuentra por encima de la parte externa de la dermis y que no ha experimentado ningún tipo de corrección.
Ventajas del guante en piel todo flor : proporciona habilidad en los movimientos, confort y gran sensación táctil.>>

http://www.deltaplus.fr/ESP/matieres/cuir.html

Have a look at the reference URL's, and you´ll find a lot of information on this topic, both in English and Spanish.

Hope it helps.
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See below

'Piel flor' must be a term from shoemakers slang, but it looks like a young, tender material, like calfskin.
Luck!
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