Handbag or should bag is one of the necessaries for girls and ladies. In the market, various bags are made of different material, and the materials of bags decide the value of the bag. So it is important to distinguish the materials of bag and to measure their real value.
Real leather is a kind of leather materials made of animal skin by processing. PU leather is compounded of high elastic fibers. And real leather and PU leather both have its advantages and disadvantages.
Real leather has fine permeability and it is elastic and tough, wear-resistant. But it is heavy, and it will expand after absorbing water. PU leather is lightweight, elastic, waterproof, and environmentally friendly and it won’t expand after absorbing water.
The easiest way of distinguishing leather bag and PU leather bag is to measure the weight of the bag.
In theory, real leather is twice as heavy as PU leather. If there are two bags of the same style, some color, the real leather bag will be heavier than the PU leather bag.
If you compare cow leather with sheepskin, you will find that sheepskin is much softer than cow leather. And the PU leather is softer than PU leather. Then, you can touch the material of the bag, real leather is thick, and PU leather is thin.
Click the leather by your nail, a mark will leave on the leather. If the mark recovers soon, it may be PU leather. On the contrary, if the mark recovers slowly, it may be real leather.
Check the metals on the bags, such as the metal rims and buttons on the bags. In general, the manufacturers want to embody the value of real leather bags, they will choose the die casting metals which is smooth and has no fracture on the surface to decorate the bags. But the metals are not slap-up which used on the PU bags, because the metals will not fade and rust which used on the PU leather bags. The metals which used on the PU bags are usually iron material. Therefore, you can check the metals on the bags to distinguish whether the material of bag is real leather or PU leather.
