Cowhide is slightly better than buffalo hide. Buffalo hide is harder and cheaper. For example, buffalo hide made of belt is about 20% cheaper than cowhide. Cowhide is softer than buffalo hide, with finer tissue fibers, more elasticity and smaller pores.

How to distinguish cowhide from buffalo hide?

First of all, the difference with the pores on the skin surface:

1, cowhide: the surface pores are round, with little difference in some areas, and extend straight into the leather. Pores are compact and even, and arranged irregularly, like stars all over the sky.

2. Buffalo hide: the surface pores are thicker than cowhide, the parts are different, the plush is loose, the pores are less than cowhide, and the cortex is loose, which is not as detailed and plump as cowhide.

Second, look at the difference between hidden fibers from the back:

1, cowhide: soft fiber, long fiber length.

2, buffalo hide: the fiber is hard and the fiber length is short.

Third, from the leather feel difference:

1, cowhide: very soft and comfortable.

2, buffalo hide: hard and rough to the touch.

Four, from the leather surface gloss difference:

1, cowhide: the leather surface is smooth, delicate and full.

2. Buffalo hide: the skin is rough and the fullness is relatively weak.

Five, from the skin smell difference:

1, cowhide: The smell of cattle is heavy and fragrant. Synthetic sulfonated oil is used in the production of cowhide, which has almost no taste and only a faint cowhide smell.

2. Buffalo hide: Relatively speaking, buffalo smell of buffalo hide is slightly lighter and lighter. In the process of making buffalo hide, a lot of sulfated fish oil was used, which had a pungent fishy smell.

Six, from the skin strength difference:

1, cowhide: Leather has good strength and can be used where it is stressed.

2, buffalo hide: the strength of the leather is relatively weak, and the leather is used for handrails and back.