He would still do not abuse the vocabulary. On the item received is read "chamois leather" because it is the legal notice and not of chamois (good for them)! Excerpt from Wikipedia: `` This leather was once made from chamois leather (hence the origin of the word "chamois") treated with fish oil, making it a rare and expensive product. Artisans therefore trying to make leathers using approximate qualities of livestock skin, such leather is then called chamois leather. ''