The flesh piece from a thick woolly sheep which has been split into two layers. Used to make chamois. The grain is made into a skiver. Sometimes for cost and easy maintenance the material is part tanned and then split. The grain is then called a pliver. The flesh created in this latter way will not make true chamois.

The underneath (flesh side) layer of a sheepskin which has been split off. Used to make chamois.

A butcher.

A two-handled, convex, blunt-edged knife, for scraping hides; a fleshing knife.