Milesdeathescape
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It doesn’t.
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Horween or Shinki- Whose horse is your pick?
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Respectively. Disagree.
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Damn straight SF. Let's keep it clean and no shots below the belt.
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With Horween steer hide, I am not concerned about "shots below the belt."
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Shinki. One week old.
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Those sleeve creases came in a WEEK? Wow!
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Yup. This is the worst it will ever look as well. Wait till the Tea Core pops
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Is this seriously still a live debate? Different leathers, different characteristics, subjective preferences.
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Actually Shinki is far more limited than Horween. Only a select amount is made per year and some cordovan hides taking up to a year to cure at the factory. The Real McCoys, Freewheelers and Flat Head have first pick each year as each of these jackets are hand selected hides.
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There is certainly no argument against how good Freewheelers is, and Shinki is certainly great. But let's not repeat their marketing blurb please.
It is your favourite, great!
It takes more time to make, sure!
It is more costly, indeed!
Are the initial hides better? Only professionals know.
Is it the best leather ever? Good luck convincing us about that
The question was "which horse is your pick?", you answered. No point in trying to go further
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Quantity produced is not an objective measure of quality.
I'll see your Shinki and raise you 8lbs....one day old:
Shinki. One week old.
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But yeah Shinki is no doubt a very nice mid weight hide....
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My cordo Bootlegger has stayed much the same as that across its life time. Both hides wear nicely over time, though I'm not really a fan of teacore finish in either.
I'm not a huge fan of anything that quickly loses it's original characteristics...I prefer the slow road.
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Shinki vs Badalassi vs Eastman horse makes sense.
Shinki vs Horween not so much I think.
Too many differences.
Btw that jacket @Milesdeathescape is just too beautiful!
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Shinki vs Horween not so much I think.
Too many differences.
Btw that jacket @Milesdeathescape is just too beautiful!
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I completely agree. The more accurate sports analogy would be Floyd Mayweather and Mike Tyson.
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@ton312 That is a beautiful jacket. Don't normally care much for them when new, but that one is a head turner.
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Thanks Peacoat. It's quickly proven to be my all-time favorite from Aero. It's not the flashiest jacket I've ever owned but the cut and hide scratch me right where I itch.
