Whether it’s a coat, purse, couch, or recliner,
genuine leather can transform an ordinary product into something
exquisite. Unfortunately, many people avoid leather products because
they see imperfections and consider them to be defects, or sometimes
think they’re being “tricked” into buying something that isn’t really
leather.
It’s
reasonable to expect a brand new product to be flawless, but this
mindset works against you when shopping around for natural products like
leather. It may sound like backward thinking, but the reality is that a
product made of 100% top grain leather will most likely have some kind
of imperfection somewhere. Leather is a direct representation of the
animal from which it came. These animals have their own imperfections in
the form of injuries and scars. As a result, these same imperfections
will be visible on the final piece.
Some
types of leather have undergone treatment to remove imperfections and
make the entire piece look uniform. This doesn’t make the leather any
less genuine, but it’s not considered top grain leather (which is
typically untreated) since it doesn’t have the unique, one-of-a-kind
imperfections.