how to check if straps are genuine leather

**SabrinaF** · 10-07-2020 05:38 AM

As the topic says, is there a way to check it? Once, a seller said leather is not flammable. Is it true? Is there a specific way to determine it?

**mikeyt_53** · 10-07-2020 10:46 AM

Set fire to one and see what happens?

**Hawk53** · 10-07-2020 11:14 AM

I can't believe you just said that..

**CometHunter** · 10-07-2020 01:07 PM

Really? By now you should REALLY know how to Google search IS LEATHER FLAMMABLE?

Google: Leather barely burns. If you hold a lighter to a piece of leather, it will shrink and curl, but it hardly catches fire or continues to burn.

Instead of "flammable", I'd prefer FLAME RESISTANT.

**Hawk53** · 10-07-2020 04:17 PM

My question is.............why would you care?

**CometHunter** · 10-07-2020 05:34 PM

Who knows? Perhaps Sabrina just wants to know how to differentiate between real and imitation leather (like pleather, leatherette, or Naugahide.

**srgray** · 10-07-2020 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by CometHunter

Really? By now you should REALLY know how to Google search IS LEATHER FLAMMABLE?

Instead of "flammable", I'd prefer FLAME RESISTANT.

Yes. It doesn't want to burn but if it has to it will.

**SabrinaF** · 10-08-2020 05:07 AM

Originally Posted by Hawk53

My question is.............why would you care?

Why Shouldn't I care for genuineness when I buy something?

**SabrinaF** · 10-08-2020 05:12 AM

Originally Posted by CometHunter

Who knows? Perhaps Sabrina just wants to know how to differentiate between real and imitation leather (like pleather, leatherette, or naugahidea!

That's right. I've mistakenly purchased synthetic leather several times

**Hawk53** · 10-08-2020 09:28 AM

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