Until 1970 this was the football used in official matches and international tournaments.
This splendid Manufactum ball is even better than its predecessors: made from bark-tanned Allgäu cowhides, it is sewn together from 18 leather strips, as is the tradition.
Inside, it is reinforced with two layers of textile and a latex bladder. It is not cheap, so you should look after it with leather oil, but you should also use it, as weathering makes it more attractive. The picture shows the difference between »new« and »used«.

Sonnenleder in Bodman-Ludwigshafen on Lake Constance stands for a consistently functional, pure design. The meticulously working company still uses the traditional method of leather production: vegetable pit tanning. Only hides from southern German cattle are used for this. The tanning agents used contain mainly decoctions of bark, roots and fruit. In twelve pits with slightly increasing concentrations of tanning broth, they convert the protein fibers of the cattle hides into leather fibers over a period of six to twelve weeks.
After tanning, the hides are air-dried and greased in a lubrication barrel according to a well-guarded recipe. Undyed, the finished leather has a characteristic, slightly light brown-reddish hue, which also gave the leather the name "red-tanned" and which varies from batch to batch. Use, sun and rain change the color tone, and over time a natural protection forms, the patina, which gives the leather an unmistakable appearance. The leather dyed in the barrel also acquires a shiny patina with use.