The invention relates to a test device (10) for determining the quality of leather (9) in leather production, wherein the test device (10) is designed for testing a quality category of the leather (9) and for outputting a quality value identifying the leather (9) with respect to the quality category, wherein the test device (10) comprises
fluoroscopy equipment (16) for testing the homogeneity of the leather (9), by means of which at least partial areas (22, 23, 24, 27, 29) of the leather (9) can be fluoroscopically examined and that are designed for outputting
fluoroscopy data (D) to analysis means (19), and the analysis means (19) are designed for comparing the
fluoroscopy data (D) to characteristic data typical for
skin damage or inhomogeneity in leather (9) and for categorizing detected
skin damage of tested partial areas (22, 23, 24, 27, 29) of the leather, and display means (20), and are designed for displaying the categorized
skin damage or the quality value of the leather (9), preferably for each partial area (22, 23, 24, 27, 29) of the leather (9).