If the tanned or vegetilized leather products are so sensible how can I identify easily this material?

First of all is important to know that leather is animal skin that went through a stabilization process named tanning. The most used leather come from the bovine, swine or caprine and can be roughly divided in three big groups according to its finishing (or texture):

plain leather (with more or less shining intensity and more or less showed texture;

chamois like leather (with a velvet touch and apparent fibers with more or less length);

greasy leather (more structured and use do make boots and shoes for outdoor use.

Plain leather can receive in its finishing resins in polyurethane (P.U.) that give more resistance to water penetration in more intensity of shine; they can also be made without this finishing.

Tanned or vegetalized leather widely used to make shoes (even male or female), purses and briefcases fit in this last division.´, presenting a natural look maintaining the pores wide open, making it too sensible to wet condition and dirt absorption, getting dirt and stained.
In most of times, tanned pro vegetilized leather are light-colored (or not too dark), presenting half tones (lightest or darkest areas) and can be identified by moistening the finger top and touching the leather surface in a not exposed area of the shoe, purse, briefcase or any other material that you want to identify.

In most of times, tanned pro vegetilized leather are light-colored (or not too dark), presenting half tones (lightest or darkest areas) and can be identified by moistening the finger top and touching the leather surface in a not exposed area of the shoe, purse, briefcase or any other material that you want to identify.

If the water absortiuon is too fast, probably the material is tanned or vegetalized leather.

In this case, just BONTON products special for plain and tanned or vegetilized leather, are those indicated for the right maintenance and conservation everlasting the life and guaranteeing the original look much longer.