CXL black overdyed steer?

[nick123]

What is the exact name of the black steer leather Aero uses, that have that brownish base?

Aero's black steer and horsehide BOTH have an eventual brown base, like years and years dowm the road, but it will not wear nearly as quickly as the "tea core" or the Johnson Leathers steer seen in this thread. The Aero steer is just called their "heavy steerhide" I think. The Johnson steer, while being tanned from the same company (Horween), is tanned differently to achieve a different wear effect. I THINK!

 

[kronos77]

Aero's black steer and horsehide BOTH have an eventual brown base, like years and years dowm the road, but it will not wear nearly as quickly as the "tea core" or the Johnson Leathers steer seen in this thread. The Aero steer is just called their "heavy steerhide" I think. The Johnson steer, while being tanned from the same company (Horween), is tanned differently to achieve a different wear effect. I THINK!

The most recent samples I got from Aero don't fit that description. The top coat is very, very thin and it only takes a little kneading and folding of the sample top turn it nearly brown. This is different than the older Aero samples I had which maintained their color much longer.

Personally, I don't like this new leather, if in fact it is characteristic of all Aero leathers now and ot may scare me off. I would rather earn the vintage look.

Anyone else notice this? Does Aero offer a version of the CXL horse or steer in black that is dyed black all the way through?

 

[handymike]

Very interesting Kronos!
I've had jackets in both Aero black FQHH and Black Horween Steer. After 10 or so years (definitely broken in) the wear was grey and not brown.
Thanks for letting us know about the new batch.

 

[kronos77]

Very interesting Kronos!
I've had jackets in both Aero black FQHH and Black Horween Steer. After 10 or so years (definitely broken in) the wear was grey and not brown.
Thanks for letting us know about the new batch.

Gey, brown, it is all the same to me. I am a bit color blind. Actually, I think it is more of a tan underneath the base coat.