Described is a natural leather trimming machine including: an ironing device for stretching and removing creases and wrinkles from the leather, cutting means for cutting the leather along at least one cutting line, a detection unit configured to detect the position of the leather, the shape of at least one relative end edge, and the position of any defects close to at least one relative end edge, a plurality of conveyor belts and a first command and control unit configured to determine the cutting coordinates of the leather.

A leather burnishing tool is described. The tool has a central body portion that may be held by a user and a working portion on at least one end. In a preferred embodiment, the central body portion has two working portions. Each working portion is configured to snap into or otherwise securely engage the central body. Each working portion preferably has at least one and more preferably two shaping channels configured to burnish or shape leather. The tool is preferably continuously slid along the edge (or the leather slid along the shaping channel(s)) of the piece of leather to shape the edge of the piece of leather.

Described is a natural leather trimming machine including: an ironing device for stretching and removing creases and wrinkles from the leather, cutting means for cutting the leather along at least one cutting line, a detection unit configured to detect the position of the leather, the shape of at least one relative end edge, and the position of any defects close to at least one relative end edge, a plurality of conveyor belts and a first command and control unit configured to determine the cutting coordinates of the leather.