Last week we demonstrated a technical feature of the Preacher’s Bible. Today we’ll show another functional feature – leather.
We have chosen to use a top/full-grain Sokoto goatskin from Nigeria for the Preacher’s Bible. This leather is superior to all other Bible leathers in many ways. The beauty of this natural grain is authentic – most all other leathers that show this grain (and most other grains as well) are artificially stamped. This embossing will weaken the leather. And it’s not completely genuine.
This Sokoto goatskin has been vegetable tanned rather than chromium tanned. What this means is that vegetables were used in the tanning process rather than chemicals. Chrome tanning greatly reduces the life of the leather but is much cheaper to produce because of industrialized processes.
Finally, as mentioned above, this is a genuine top-grain goatskin. Many other popular Bibles claim to be calfskin or even goatskin (and they are… kind of). However, what they do to keep costs down is to take the scraps of the calfskin and grind them up; they then compress these pieces together with an adhesive and emboss a grain on the top (similar to OSB boards or plywood).
Many have asked in what colors the Preacher’s Bible will be available. We will be producing three colors initially. Black, red, and a natural un-dyed color. We’ll do a feature update specifically on the purely natural color in the future, because it is a special type of leather.
