Johnson Leathers Black Cherry Bison jacket

[X83]

Waiting for the fit pics for both!

Yeah once it’s all together I deff will sir I’m already cooking up ideas for next jacket but I think I have enough hardcore break in jackets anyone know if there is deer skin with heavy grain the one deerskin I have does have grain but not super pronounced

 

[Canuck Panda]

Theres the Fujioka deerskin that has been used for garments,

kinda looks like grainy horsehides doesn’t it. I don’t know what the full size hides looks like. I have jackets from Japanese makers using this leather. Black isn’t quite black more like dark charcoal, and brown is sort of matte no horsehide shine. But wears like sweats, thick, soft, stretchy.

I’m still trying to figure out the best (economical) way to get these material. Sometimes timing is everything.

Also at some point I just gotta throw in the towel. Naked cowhides or oiled Moto chap leather tanned in California can look very similar if further washed and tumbled, and it’ll probably be easier than going through the process of sourcing these exact deerskin, so there’s that…

it’s shorts season now so I’ve got very little drive for jackets, but as soon as the first chilly day arrives I would probably wish for a Fujioka m200L haha…

 

[X83]

Theres the Fujioka deerskin that has been used for garments,

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kinda looks like grainy horsehides doesn’t it. I don’t know what the full size hides looks like. I have jackets from Japanese makers using this leather. Black isn’t quite black more like dark charcoal, and brown is sort of matte no horsehide shine. But wears like sweats, thick, soft, stretchy.

I’m still trying to figure out the best (economical) way to get these material. Sometimes timing is everything.

Also at some point I just gotta throw in the towel. Naked cowhides or oiled Moto chap leather tanned in California can look very similar if further washed and tumbled, and it’ll probably be easier than going through the process of sourcing these exact deerskin, so there’s that…

it’s shorts season now so I’ve got very little drive for jackets, but as soon as the first chilly day arrives I would probably wish for a Fujioka m200L haha…

Wow super interesting the way I’m looking at it is put In an order by end of August and here comes October lol

 

[Aloysius]

Also at some point I just gotta throw in the towel. Naked cowhides or oiled Moto chap leather tanned in California can look very similar if further washed and tumbled, and it’ll probably be easier than going through the process of sourcing these exact deerskin, so there’s that…

Yeah despite going for the shrunken horsehide I did not feel that Johnson's 'standard' hides were any lower in quality or character. I think the standards are what they are for a reason.

 

[red devil]

Yeah despite going for the shrunken horsehide I did not feel that Johnson's 'standard' hides were any lower in quality or character. I think the standards are what they are for a reason.

Good makers such as JL know their leathers