FUR & LEATHER exam quiz

1. The first fur business in Canada was?

• Hudsons Bay

• Fur Canada

• ROOTS

• Canadian Goose

Guard hairs are? Choose one.

• The short close hair that creates warmth

• The long visible hair that gives colour to fur

Describe the step of ‘setting out’ in the processing of leather.

• Salted, placed in acid bath become susceptible to tanning(preserving operation).

• 
  Adding colour in water soluble dyesand fat liquoring for lubrication.

• Smoothing out the grain and removing moisture

• Hanging (clothesline), toggling(stretching with clips to board), pasting(vacuumed to 6ʼx 11ʼ plate)

What is the cheaper alternative suede apart from cow hide suede? 

• Lamb Suede

• Cow Hyde

• Pig Suede

• Nubuck

What are the properties of lambskin and what is it used for? 

• Gives glossy look to naturalleather, shinny smooth orpebble surface

• Sorted most supple leather (sided for extra softness). Lacks strength.

• Lightly buffed to raise skinsurface, appears smootherthan suede.

• Velvet like feel and look bynapping the skinsunderside.

Leathers graded once they have been processed for sale according to? Choose 3 best answers. 

• 1. Thickness

• 1. Colour

• 1. Texture

• 1. Defects(blemishes)

What is Nubuck leather?

• Velvet like feel and look bynapping the skinsunderside.

• Sorted most supple leather (sided for extra softness). Lacks strength.

• Lightly buffed to raise skin surface, appears smoother than suede.

• Gives glossy look to naturalleather, shinny smooth orpebble surface

Describe Aniline dyed leather

• Gives glossy look to naturalleather, shinny smooth orpebble surface.

• Lightly buffed to raise skinsurface, appears smootherthan suede.

• Gives garment weathered, wornlook.

• Process of colouring with transparent dyes for natural look.

In the 1700’s everyone in Europe wanted a hat made of _____. A fashion trend that lasted over 100yrs.

• Fox

• Rabbit

• Beaver

• Snake

Dip-dyeing” a fur describes:

• brushing the edges of the fur to deepen the colour;

• removing oils from the fur;

• immersing the fur in a dye so that the leather and fur receive the desired colour;

• immersing the fur in a dye so that only the fur receives the desired colour