Bonded Leather/Reconstituted Leather (in German "LEFA" - from the german Words of leather fibers ) comes to my mind immediately, because last week an unteachable customer brought me the "super quality" (quote customer).
I was too expensive for him to do his motorcycle seat... Now of course he had ruined the cushion with the grill knife and bought "real leather" on the internet. Now I should turn shit into gold again.:smirk:
Generally I find the approach good to recycle the leather waste further. However, it is of course not good to follow where the leather waste comes from and with which binders the fibers are then glued. Therefore I don't want to have this near my skin (clothes, belts, seats etc.).

The material I know as Leatherette is actually nothing more than vinyl - only thinner and inelastic. Similar to the very first vinyl from Skai which was used until the 50s.

vegan leather...thank god no spinner has asked me for "vegan leather" yet... I think I would puke in his face in a jet :vomit: :vomit: :vomit: .... Sorry - I have nothing against it if someone for reasons of the animal protection or the climate renounces meat products, but why must everyone therefore such a show do? And why is the soy stick that you put on the grill called "sausage"? :rage: :roll: ... But I digress... I am annoyed by the term "vegan leather" because, on the one hand, it is a stupid term and, on the other hand, it pretends false facts to the unknowing customer. For the convinced vegan, fabrics made of linen, jute, cotton, recycled fabric or other sustainable products are more helpful than vinyl.

I have been asked for vegan leather, “cause it’s better for the environment than vinyl.” I prompted them to go home and research it further and if they still wanted it, I’d order some.

Similarly, the term "Eco-Friendly Leather" bugs the crap out of me.. it's not leather, and it's not Eco-Friendly!! It's Vinyl.. made from chemicals... in a big stinky processing facility!!

But also, the very old term (I've been a trimmer a LONG time) "Tuck and Roll" makes me laugh every time an old timer comes in asking for it. I always ask them to explain exactly what they mean by that.. (I know what they're referring to, but it's fun to hear them try to figure out what it actually is) .. to me, it's what I'm gonna need to do out the passengers seat when my buddy is about to drive off the road.

Haha all good ones!

@Jens Jesberg I appreciate how passionate you are in your hatred for the term "vegan leather" :lol: :rofl:

That's a good question @Rodger Pisani.... why do we call it "tuck n' roll"? Where does that term come from?

Oh nice - I'm starting the first guess... I heard the term for the first time when I came into contact with the German HodRod scene. I first thought that the "to tuck" might be " stapling " because in German it sounds similar (tackern). And the production is like this. You first tuck (or sew, or stampl, or nail) the material and then roll it over.... -> tuck and roll.