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Why suede is a face of the hide

Suede is the flesh side or a split of a hide, sanded into a nap, not another animal.

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From the opening

Suede is a face of a hide, usually the inner flesh side or a split layer, abraded so the collagen fibers stand up as a nap. It is not a species, and the same skin that could have been smooth leather is being shown from the fibrous side instead. The opening covers nap is sanded collagen fiber, nubuck is buffed grain instead, and a split has no tight outer skin.

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Nap is sanded collagen fiber
Nubuck is buffed grain instead
A split has no tight outer skin
Cloth microsuede is not a hide
Where the idea stops applying
A distinction worth keeping

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Suede as a napped flesh side or split
Nubuck as lightly buffed grain leather

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Why suede is a face of the hide

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