Leather match means the back and underside of the furniture is upholstered in a durable vinyl that is custom matched to be undetectable from the leather.

Many leather goods are made from the byproducts of the slaughterhouse, so while you may not be contributing to the destruction of animals, you will be contributing to the profits of these establishments. Some leather is purpose made, i.e. the animal is grown and slaughtered purely for its skin. The Nov/Dec 1991 issue of the Vegetarian Journal has this to say about leather: "Environmentally turning animal hides into leather is an energy intensive and polluting practice.

A match is a donor or cord blood unit with specific HLA markers that are the same as yours. Research has found that a small number of HLA markers are most important to transplant outcomes. These are the markers transplant doctors look at when they match donors with patients. The best available donor or cord blood unit may match you at all or at most of the HLA markers your doctor looks at. Many patients who receive an unrelated donor transplant have a partially matched donor or cord blood unit.

Yes. We can make a totally non-leather shoe by substituting 1.5 mm Clarino® synthetic suede for pigskin. Clarino® is lighter yet still quite durable, and it dries out very quickly after getting wet. Only in cases where extra support and toughness are required, like in a mountain hiker or special orthotic shoe, would we insist on using pigskin over Clarino®.

One of the byproducts of slaughterhouses is leather. Even though there is not a direct contribution to the killing of animals, there is still the increased revenue to the slaughterhouses, and leather sales are a significant part of their annual profits. Some leather is from animals that are grown for the specific purpose of using their skins. From an ecological standpoint, turning hides into leather is energy intensive and polluting to the environment.

Shoe leather is the unfolding of events that are inherently not interesting, in order to establish something you feel the audience wouldn't accept if you didn't explain it. The hero's supposed to interrogate Rodney K. Bellefeuille. How does he find him? If Rodney is a normal person, he'd just look him up in the phone book, something we hardly need to see. But if he's al "the secretive Rodney K.

Many leathers will have a little give to them with wear, but it's not a good idea to count on them stretching a lot to get a comfortable fit.

All other seating surfaces in the car are vinyl. This includes the backseats and other portions of the front seats.

How to care for leather and how to clean leather depends entirely upon what type of leather you have. And remember, cleaning leather is an imperfect art at best. We can break this down into three categories. If you are uncertain about something don’t hesitate to ask us! Pigmented leather is the easiest to care for and to clean. In general it can be identified by its shiny and glossy surface, however there are exceptions so be careful. It requires very little care.

You can access our A Shopper's Guide To Leather Alternatives online at: www.vrg.org/nutshell/leather.htm.

Natural occurring products such as leather and cotton seem to work best on feet. Leather shapes and molds to the foot as the leather warms to your body temperature. Leather also has a wicking property which pulls the perspiration from the foot and keeps your foot drier. Leather actually allows air to transfer from inside the shoe out, and from the outside, in. Leather also resists extreme temperature changes. It doesn't stretch or crack as manmade materials such as vinyl and rubber do.

The major command patch on brown leather or the U.S. Air Force shield on brown leather is worn on the right breast. The brown leather nametag on black leather is worn on the left breast. Rank is not worn.

Metro leather is a bonded leather. It is made of genuine cowhide fibers which have been manufactured into a solid sheet. It has the look, feel, and smell of genuine leather.

Leather carving is basically cutting a pattern into the leather with a swivel knife then stamping with a variety of tools to shape and texture the pattern.

We are no longer able to order NIV Bibles in leather. However, if your request is great enough, it might be possible to specially order from a different publisher. A suitable size request would be 96 or more of the same edition. The CD-ROMS we provide are what is called a "Master CD". They contain a large selection of unlockable items such as Translation, Books and Commentaries.