Nubuck - material for sewing shoes and stitched upholstered furniture. Made from melkovorsistoy skin exposed chrome tanned and grinding with sand or other material, slightly tapered.
Nubuck is divided into the following types - natural, artificial and nubuck-oil. Natural nubuck animal has good breathability, but has low durability. Artificial is a multilayer polymeric material is a cheaper analog of natural nubuck. Nubuck-Oil - the skin treated with fatty impregnation, so is water repellent.