Furrowson
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Interesting read, thanks for sharing. Man the tea core/chashin on those Japanese boots is lush.Actually, the concept of teacore is fairly old, and can be also referred to as Chashin. This post on Reddit gives a very brief introduction about Chashin, if anybody is interested.
What sorts of leathers have that original tea core quality?Eh. “Tea core” in the way the online fanbase of leather jackets uses it is not the same as how the Japanese originally used it to describe a specific core colour that had that tea tone.
They use it to mean leather with a darker topcoat designed to chip away. Which is why it’s now used to market leathers that never went by that description.
I had a black CXLFQHH jacket recently whose top coat wore off way too quickly for my liking. It felt and looked artificial in "ageing" like that. I hear it varies a lot though and see some lovely examples online.