General Information On Our Cowhide Products 

We buy most of our natural shaped cow hides from the two biggest importers of cowhide rugs in the United States. Our other cowhide products will come from various specialty wholesalers around the country. 

It’s generally accepted knowledge that the best cow hide rugs in the world are “chromium tanned”, and that the best “chromium tanned” cow hides come from Brazil and Argentina, South America.  

We get all our or hides from these two countries. Rest assured that every cowhide product we carry is of the highest quality. 

Cow Hides Are Not All Tanned the Same 

A properly tanned cowhide rug should last for the rest of our lives, never cracking or shedding in all this time. Unfortunately, many people do not know the difference between the various tanning processes that cowhides go through, and simply assume that all cow hide rugs are the same… they mistakenly think that a cowhide rug is a cow hide rug. Nothing could be further from the truth! 

 As a result, people too often end up purchasing a low priced cow hide rug that cracks or sheds in just a few short years. Our cow hide rugs will never do that! 

Our Cowhide Rugs Are All Handpicked 

Our main importer goes down to South America every 4-6 weeks and hand picks each one of our cowhide rugs. He chooses each cow hide based on quality, size and color. This might not sound important but we know of no other cow hide importer who handpicks each and every cowhide rug that they sell. 

Our Cowhides Come In Many More Colors and Styles 

Our importer has told us that we are by far his pickiest customer. This is aggravating for him but good for our customer’s as it makes available cowhides of certain colors and styles that are very difficult to get elsewhere. For example, when ordering a “brindle” cow hide rug, most other companies only offer a light, medium or dark “brindle” cowhide.  The problem with this classification system is that you could literally get 3-5 different colors when ordering a “medium brindle”. We on the other hand will give you a choice of brown, blackish brown and reddish brown “brindle”. 

“Laced” Cowhides or Cow hide rug

Our “laced” cowhide rugs use plastic “lacing” for the thread. This “lacing” is visible from the top, giving these particular cowhide rugs more of an informal look. Even though we carry several designs, the round “star” is by far and away the most popular design. 

“Stitched” Custom Cow hide Rugs, Calfskin Rugs and Goatskin Rugs 

(Please click here for a detailed explanation on our custom pieces: http://cowhidesinternational.com/customorders.html)

We are unquestionably the Internet’s largest producer of quality, custom made cowhide, calfskin and goatskin rugs. No designer piece is too large or too small for us to make, as long as it is either a square or a rectangle. Even though we can easily make smaller custom cow hides and goatskins, most of our custom orders are for cowhides and goatskins 6x8 ft. in size and larger. For example, out of the last nine custom rugs we have made for customers, we didn’t have any pieces less than 6x8 in size.

Every one of our custom designer rugs consist of squares, measuring anywhere from 4 to 16 inches in dimension. Using regular thread, the “stitched” seams are “invisible” in that they can only be seen from the back and are not like the “laced” cow hides explained above. These “invisible stitched” seams give each custom piece a much richer, sophisticated look.  

Cowhide Pillows

Our cow hide pillows come from premium grade Brazilian cow hides. Measuring approximately 15 inches square, most of our cowhide pillows are double sided. Each cow hide pillow comes filled or “stuffed” with a washable, “poly-filled” insert.

For Further Information

For more information, please look at the text at the bottom of our home page and at the “custom cowhide” link in the nav bar, http://cowhidesinternational.com/customorders.html

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