Types of Leather

Leather-Look™ – An inexpensive material that has been coated and embossed to look like leather.

Premium Leather-Look™ – Imitation leather made to look like leather with a quality binding.

Italian Duo-Tone™ – Soft, supple, two-tone simulated leather.

Bonded Leather – Genuine leather pieces bonded with latex, dyed, cut, and embossed with a leather grain. This extremely durable material is supple and pleasant to hold, with many of the characteristics of full leather. It's designed to hold up for about 10 years. Zondervan's bonded leather Bible covers have 90% genuine leather fiber in them, while many others have less than that.

Premium Bonded Leather – Bonded leather that goes through a special and more expensive manufacturing process to give the leather a soft feel and calfskin look.

European Leather – A premium bonded leather finish in either a tone-on-tone color or two colors with stitching.

Genuine Leather or Top Grain Leather – Leather from the top or outside of a hide. Usually pigskin, this 100% leather is a superior binding material that gives a lifetime of wear and consistent quality.

Cowhide – A step up in quality from Genuine Leather or Top Grain Leather, from the hide of a cow.

Calfskin – Luxurious but tough material highly praised for its distinctive natural grain and rich color shading. It's long-lasting, and its suppleness increase with use.

Morocco Leather – Highest quality goatskin that is very supple, durable, and long-wearing. French Moroccan leather is from a high-grade split sheepskin, slightly thinner than other grades of leather. It is flexible and soft even when new, wears well, and will last a long time.