Help identifying leather = )

[fabian89]

Having trouble identifying the leather, please help.

Thank you

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[pawineguy]

Pebbling looks like goat.

 

[Sloan1874]

+1

 

[Edward]

Any branding lables? Knowing who made it might help identify the hide. The lapels look very much like a Schott cut (which would suggest cow, ster or horse), but I've never seen a Schott with gold-toned hardware, that I can recall.

 

[Monitor]

I've seen cowhide exactly like this, it could be either. It's a dead ringer for a Lesco, pattern is definitely theirs, tho I've never seen one with snap-on belt loops. Very cool jacket either way!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-L...ize-Large-Rockers-Biker-Classic-/181766026660

 

[HPA Rep]

Definitely not goat. Cowhide, steer hide, or horsehide would all be in the running, though.

 

[navetsea]

are the lapels, pocket flap & trim, epaulette made of different hide than the rest of the jacket? the grain size on them looks much smaller than the body, or probably sanded while the body is full grained. Seems like it has been wet/ washed but seems like it rarely worn in the sun

 

[fabian89]

Its got no labels. Lapels arent full grain as the rest but the leather has the same thickness. Thats another thing, the jacket is heavy and the leather is thick. Weighs 7+ pounds. I was thinking steer hide.

Thanks for the help guys.

 

[devilish]

My vote would be steer. I have a Good Wear made from steer that has a similar graining.

 

[Plumbline]

+1 looks like heavy steerhide.

 

[Seb Lucas]

It's actually almost impossible to identify leather from the look or a photo. Leather is treated, finished and sometimes stamped or rolled to give it certain looks. Schott stamp some cowhide with goat-like pebbling, for instance. In the 1980's I have had cowhide jackets that look just like that, but who knows?

 

[Monitor]

This looks like a natural hide, variations in the grain are too drastic for a corrected leather. Can't claim this for sure, though. I'm fairly certain it is a bovine hide of some sort... Schott did stamp their jackets but they were straightforward about this and were selling these corrected grain leather jackets under the Dur-O-Jac name, which was supposed to be a budget line of their products. I don't think they use corrected leather anymore, though?