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interesting.. i remember looking up Cordavan once.. since it is commonly used to define a color of shoe leather, a dark redish brown, and i wondered why..
Webster's NW, says:
Cordavan, 1) of Cordova, Spain, 2) made of cordavan
and goes to define cordovan as "fine grained, colored leather, or shoes made from the same.
Griffin's shoe polish no relation come in the color cordovan as i recall, Kiwi shoe polish, has red, and ox-blood, but not cordovan (at least in US)
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Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Cordwainer Fiberbabe 04/13/02 01:01 PM Re: Cordwainer of troy 04/13/02 02:32 PM Re: Cordwainer wwh 04/13/02 02:33 PM Re: Cordwainer Flatlander 04/17/02 02:15 PM . Max Quordlepleen 04/17/02 06:45 PM not very important, just for completeness... wofahulicodoc 09/13/02 03:11 PM Re: not very important, just for completeness... wwh 09/13/02 03:21 PM
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