It looks like this leather is taken from the strip of the horse, which has this kind of grain. It's not from the shell parts, that would be too small for big panels like this. The parts of the rear containing the shell (in fact a membrane), are not bigger than 2 square feet. You could not get that giant one piece back.LW uses horse butt in their jackets, that's how you get grain like this:
Alden 403 Moc Toe Boot - Brown Chromexcel - $680 The classic "Indy" style Alden Boot in the classic Horween brown Chromexcel. 
Grant Stone Diesel Boot Dark Olive Chromexcel - #395 Goodyear welted, Horween Chromexcel, classic good looks. 
Himel Bros. - The Ross Mk. 1 Leather Jacket Classic D-pocket motorcycle/aviator style jacket. LW uses horse butt in their jackets, that's how you get grain like this:
That jacket is in my spare room... It's a Leathertogs A.
Current price in this configuration would be 2650$ in stock sizes, this 42L would be around 3000$.
That jacket is in my spare room... It's a Leathertogs A.
Current price in this configuration would be 2650$ in stock sizes, this 42L would be around 3000$.
I would argue that with such a fantastic jacket i had no other choice but to get a second one in 5oz moose hide:
From what Stu told me they receive their hides as sides (as pictured below)
This is usually not how tanneries would deal with horse hides, but Stuart is part owner of the tannery that does LW hides so he gets what he wants.
This means that his hides are more expensive per sq/ft and they have more waste than if they started from FQHH but it allows them to pic and chose which part of the hides to pic for specific panels of the jacket.
Not all jackets are made from horse butt, but not all of them are made from FQHH either.
I'm not sure it explains the durability, but it definitely explains the variation of grain LW shows...
From what Stu told me they receive their hides as sides (as pictured below)
This is usually not how tanneries would deal with horse hides, but Stuart is part owner of the tannery that does LW hides so he gets what he wants.
This means that his hides are more expensive per sq/ft and they have more waste than if they started from FQHH but it allows them to pic and chose which part of the hides to pic for specific panels of the jacket.
Not all jackets are made from horse butt, but not all of them are made from FQHH either.
I'm not sure it explains the durability, but it definitely explains the variation of grain LW shows...
