Leather have been put in human service since the primordial age. The skin and pelts of different brutes and animals are used for making many handy pieces of handicrafts.The pare of the animals like cow buffalo, lion, tiger, beer and deer are tanned to make splendor products like garments, shoes, wallets, handbags, and fashion accessories.

The skin of the dead animals are pulled out from the corpses emaciated and dehydrated to make it tough and beefy. As the module is stronger and intense for heavy duty it is employed for making many practical items. The skin is processed into ready made leather for making many articles for domestic and personal use. Hammer, nails and anvil are the tools used in the leather handicrafts. Leather works believed to be truly a hereditary occupation of the crafts man who are working with the tools and raw materials from generation to generation. It has been. The leathers crafts not only the job of cobblers and poppers and who make shows and other leather products. Rather many artisan under takes the designing, painting, etching, embroidery and decorative works on the leather. Many items from sandal to water bottles, jackets to belt , and money purse to wall hangings could be found from the leather handicrafts. Leather products have a special place in the national and international markets as well but due to the animal slaughter with vested interest by the rum runners the governments of many countries have imposed restriction over the skin trading of deer, tiger, lion and others to conserve the rare species. And also the international trade council have banned the business in the world market. Albeit, leather products like sandals, belts, purse, bags, painted and embroidered decorative have a lions share in the market. Need less to say, these products are made of the skin of the common and domestic animals like, cow, buffalos, camel and others.

The skin and leather are first treated by a modus operandi to make it ready to put into use for making the serviceable article. The fur and fleece from the skin and leather are uprooted from it at the initial step of the proceeding and then it is soften by some means. The handled material is then applied for making stitching garments like coats, jackets, skirts, trousers belts. Besides this, shoes and sandal can be hammered and nailed by leather. Leather shoes being soft and durable it is liked by everybody across the globe.

And in addition leather is also applied for as a requirement from painting and embroidery to be done over it. The art is very popular is north west and eastern India.