Yup, that's a good example of why I think @navetsea is one of the masters of natural leather on TFL. Thank you for the descriptions and photos!
Maybe you could also talk a bit about how treating the leather with different things and on different intervals affects the color and other properties...
@Aloysius Can you give some examples of this "meat red" result? Never seen it before myself.
A few thread by one LT guy where you can see some great development of natural unfinished and natural cxl leather...
The green jacket thread kind of makes sense since it's a color that is actually rare in leather jackets. "Non-black" is way too broad from my perspective. "Non-black" jackets get posted all over the forum all the time. Not a useful thread in my humble opinion.
A Chopper it is indeed. Slightly too large for me (as most clothes in my life) but good enough to keep for the time being.
@Batoidea gave a nice overview about the barefoot shoe idea : https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/what-jacket-are-you-wearing-today.82949/post-3013757
Personally I...
I guess the Vanson Chopper falls into this "cafecto" category as well.
Personally I'm not a big fan of the mandarin collar, would prefer the "standard" one.
But overall the jacket was too good to pass up, especially because of the back style.
Still my favorite Vanson model visually. Close...
For reference I think OP is talking about this jacket:
https://www.schottnyc.com/products/storm.htm?catID=24
Would love to try the brown version myself, looks stunning and I would not have any reservations regarding durability.
@cajunfries if you use a broad enough definition of waxed flesh then yes. For me it's rather waxed roughout. You can't make waxed flesh from suede. Just my opinion though.
For me polishing is a purely aesthetic treatment. I recently ordered some traditional natural english dubbin, want to try that out. Otherwise I use Fiebing's Aussie conditioner.
Even if we talk about leather (hides, not leather products) there are countless variables that account for the price. One reason some people prefer top grain / nubuck over full grain is the uniformness and lack of imperfections and natural marks. Also nubuck will typically be thinner, more...
For us EU folks mostly...
Pike Brothers just dropped some Tanker boots in their "New arrivals" section.
Very rare style of boots, would love to try these as an alternative to engineer boots.
Sent them an email to get more info about them as the website has very little.
Not a fan of the brogue...
In my opinion the quality of leather in terms of splitting/cut goes like this from best to worst:
- Full Grain / Roughout
- Top grain / Nubuck
- Split / Suede
- The rest is basically trash
So you're getting the second best when taking nubuck.
Nubuck like roughout has the main pro of being more...
I think you'll get better chances of getting help if you ask in English :) Although most members probably will be able to use the inbuild browser translator.
Maybe I make to much of a distinction between conditioner and polish, but..
I understand cleaning them up and conditioning them to keep them healthy and lasting long. Maybe coating them with something extra to keep the elements from damaging them. But why polish a work boot?
@the Dapper Hawk
Can see a lot of pictures of how the premium goat (waxed) looks like here :
https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/five-star-5-buttoned-half-belt-in-black-waxed-premium-goatskin.110262/
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