2025年1月26日 · Horsehide is a lot less common in jackets of this era, and when it’s used its typically a noteworthy addition that adds price, and tends to be prominently noted on the gatment. this looks to me like a mid-grade jacket made in the late 90s early 2000s made from top grain unsanded sheepskin with a pretty standard dye treatment and economical ...

2007年2月9日 · Horsehide is typically heavier than goatskin, springier and less supple with a hard drape. It has varying grain, and can appear very smooth or heavily creased - sometimes on different parts of the same piece. It molds to your body …

2008年7月29日 · Choosing a horsehide option won't necessarily get you a stronger jacket, it depends on the same company's steer which may well be tougher/thicker/better finished. Goat's great too though and in modern repro A-2s I often find it to be the most bulletproof so to speak (especially Eastman's, it's a lot thicker and tougher than their warhorse)

2021年2月24日 · Horsehide has a tighter fiber structure which theoretically makes it slightly more abrasion resistant and water resistant. But to the eye, hand, touch, look; they are almost always identical. And 90% of any difference is tanning method and finish.

2012年3月12日 · Schott made a lot more steerhide than horsehide, and once Sears went from their Hercules label to Oakbrook, they no longer used horsehide. Horse has definitely made a comeback the last twenty years or so with Aero, Eastman, Goodwear, U.S. Authentic, etc. doing a thriving business with the growing interest in vintage and reproduction jackets.

2023年11月28日 · Hello yall so i was completely lost between getting a natural vicenza on my barnstormer jacket or unfinished horsehide or natural chromexcel. However, i want a good looking leather jacket and a long lasting one + I want a leather that has, Grain, Durability.

2018年6月27日 · I totally agree with what these folks have indicated. Good Horsehide such as what Aero & Lost World tend to use is packed full of waxes & oils so really not needed to treat with much. As indicated in humid, wet climates you'll see more "hazing over" of the leather (looks like a white moldy dust). Just wipe this off periodically with a damp cloth.

2008年8月16日 · Horsehide seems to be able to repel water quite well, so in any case going out in the rain is not going to have much impact, as the wetness just stays on the surface of the leather. What I needed to do was to simulate what might happen to a jacket on something like a long motorcycle ride in heavy rain.

2021年4月3日 · I will be ordering an Aero August and am having a hard time deciding which leather to choose. I don't need a heavy jacket for warmth as live in a subtropical climate. Chilly in the winter, but never freezing. Both leathers look good in the pics, but as of now am leaning towards the badalassi.

2007年4月8日 · FQHH is expensive, since good horsehide is rare: Horween makes them from natural death old exemplars of rare coldblood horses w. large hides‚ĶHorween splits the horsehides in the old-fashioned way that they are thick and are a pain to be tailored‚Ķmy befriended shoemaker confirmed this‚ĶSkip H. told in an interview that Horween ...