Ostrich Leather Care

To ensure the best possible care, please note the following:

Light, natural and artificial, may cause natural fading in the leather. When not in use, store your ostrich leather product in the flannel bag or box provided. This will also protect against dust.

Should you wish to clean the leather, wipe with a soft damp cloth, free of detergent.
Oil stains should be sprinkled immediatly with talcum powder. Allow to stand, and then brush off excess.
Ink and direct heat will permanently mark the leather.

These leathers are coloured with transparent dyestuff. This means that you are able to see the actual surface grain and marking. It is as if you are looking through a coloured lens. These leathers have very little or no protective treatments applied to them. The most common thing to do is to spray a wax finish on the suface that gives short-term water repellence.

The ostrich leather we use is natural, pure, naked and unprotected.

Enjoy the beauty of Ostrich Leather
&
Take good care of it !

Volstruisvel Gradering

Volstruisvelle word gegradeer of geklas op grond van 3 faktore:

Eerstens geklas volgens velgrootte, waar 130dm² die optimale grootte is en dus die beste prys per dm² kry.

Tweedens gegradeer volgens velskade, veral in die kroonarea (dit is die diamantvormige area op die rug van die volstruis waar die veerknoppies in voorkom). Die hoeveelheid, verspreiding en grootte / sigbaarheid van visuele velskade in die kroonarea bepaal die gradering van die vel, met ‘n 1ste graad vel wat die geen / min skade het tot ‘n 4de graad met baie skade. Die vel kan selfs afgekeur word as daar te veel skade op die vel is, en die vel dus laer as 4de graad is. Die mees algemene redes vir afgradering is skopmerke, krapmerke, verevreet en parasietskade (bv. Bosluisbyte).

Derdens word daar gekyk na knoppieontwikkeling. Knoppie-ontwikkeling verwys na die grootte en vorm van knoppies. As die knoppies kleiner is as wat algemeen aanvaarbaar is vir die mark word die wel afgegradeer. ‘n 1ste graad vel met min skade kan dus afgegradeer word na ‘n 2de graad vel indien die knoppies te klein is.