Great to Use for: Handbags Leather Crafts Shoes Jackets Seating Book and Album Covers Wallets Small Leather Goods Upholstery repair Leather Patch All our natural grain cowside leather is imported from Argentina and finished in the USA. Many vendors offer split, buffed or corrected leather, or other synthetic material as their "leather". At TanneryNYC, we want to offer our customers high quality leather skins, that are often genuine leather materials used for major brands. Our Cowhide has become a staple for many loyal handbag designers.