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Is there a big difference between Cowhide and Steerhide? Because the Indiana Jones Replica I posted earlier in this thread, which in terms of color and "surface" almost exactly resembled the original jacket, is actually Steerhide according to the website.
Thoughts? Or would this be insignificant?
There's not much difference. They're both bovine leather, same species of animal. Bulls might have slightly thicker skin than cows, but it gets split down anyway to whatever thickness is ordered.
Steer hide will have less stretch marks than cow, around the belly, but that's only if the cowhide came from a cow that was bred. And all that means really is less waste from each hide.