Thurston Italian Vicenza Horsehide Full Grain Veg.-Tanned Horsehide for Aero Jackets

[Carrie @ Thurston Bros.]

We just listed this Italian jacket...TFL members may want to take a look:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/171484057416?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

 

[Carrie @ Thurston Bros.]

Take a look at this new Seal Italian Vegetable Tanned Full Grain Aero...looks good!

 

[Carrie @ Thurston Bros.]

Seal Brown Italian Horsehide Cropduster. This is Full Grain and Vegetable Tanned Leather.

 

[Carrie @ Thurston Bros.]

Vicenza Black Italian Full Grain Vegetable Tanned Horsehide...great Vegetable Tanned Smell too!

 

[Jägernaut]

What liner is in this black halfbelt?

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Looks like Aero's alpaca to me.
HD

 

[pawineguy]

Looks like Aero's alpaca to me.
HD

Hmmm, I was about to say that I was 95% sure that it was the herringbone brown Harris Tweed, but I'm sure Carrie will set us both straight.

 

[Mark]

Carrie, I have a BK russet veg tanned jacket on order. How might your veg tanned leather differ from BK who rate theirs as amongst the best available. Just curious as this will be first venture into veg tanned leather. Any tips on its care would be most welcome. An area I am quite nervous about given claims about shrinking and staining and so on. Thanks.

 

[Monitor]

That black leather is beyond gorgeous. And yeah, looks like Harris Tweed to me, too.

 

[schitzo]

Carrie, I have a BK russet veg tanned jacket on order. How might your veg tanned leather differ from BK who rate theirs as amongst the best available. Just curious as this will be first venture into veg tanned leather. Any tips on its care would be most welcome. An area I am quite nervous about given claims about shrinking and staining and so on. Thanks.

I don't suppose Carrie is at liberty to comment on leather provided by a company other than her own and to which she has no access. That said, I have heard that the BK Liberty HH and the aero Vicenza are sourced from the same place. And since I first voiced this I've not heard from either party that it isn't so..

Hence I'm assuming they're either the same leather or are at least very similar. The tips BK Andy gave (before he relinquished membership here) if I remember correctly, were to avoid hot water treatment. He said it can take rain no problem, and if it does get wet just allow it to dry out naturally

 

[Mark]

Thanks Schitzo, BK Andy told me their veg tanned leather is sprayed with a top coat that protects the leather, however, Andy says this top coat will eventually break down with wear. He did not say what will happen after this?
I thought perhaps Carrie and BK's sourced their leather from same if not similar places as BK's victory looks similar to the pics Carrie showed above.

 

[schitzo]

Thanks Schitzo, BK Andy told me their veg tanned leather is sprayed with a top coat that protects the leather, however, Andy says this top coat will eventually break down with wear. He did not say what will happen after this?
I thought perhaps Carrie and BK's sourced their leather from same if not similar places as BK's victory looks similar to the pics Carrie showed above.

My understanding is it's Vicenza and Liberty that are the same/very similar. Victory HH is touted by BK as a cut above these two. On the topic of Vicenza - which is what this thread is about - it's good news to see black is now an option. IMO an aero original Hercules should be black, and one of those in black Vicenza would make for a top drawer jacket

 

[Edward]

Carrie, I have a BK russet veg tanned jacket on order. How might your veg tanned leather differ from BK who rate theirs as amongst the best available. Just curious as this will be first venture into veg tanned leather. Any tips on its care would be most welcome. An area I am quite nervous about given claims about shrinking and staining and so on. Thanks.

lol I can imagine (re bolded part).... at least, Andy F will tell you it's the best hide in the world ever right up until they switch to something else, and then the new hide will be the best thing ever, and the previous stuff will be rubbish! lol (I nearly bought a BK house A2 a couple of years ago when they blew them out, but Andy managed to put me off, in part by the sales patter which implicitly, in my mind, ran down their own old product.

 

[Sloan1874]

Of the Italian hides I've handled, the seal and the russet were to my the nicest. The black's fine, don't get me wrong, but the other two have real character and colour variation.

 

[Otter]

lol I can imagine (re bolded part).... at least, Andy F will tell you it's the best hide in the world ever right up until they switch to something else, and then the new hide will be the best thing ever, and the previous stuff will be rubbish! lol (I nearly bought a BK house A2 a couple of years ago when they blew them out, but Andy managed to put me off, in part by the sales patter which implicitly, in my mind, ran down their own old product.

Did anything ever come of the super secret "We are being bought over by someone really big but I can't tell you" story? That was what finally convinced me not to buy my long planned M422 from them.

 

[GregO]

Of the Italian hides I've handled, the seal and the russet were to my the nicest. The black's fine, don't get me wrong, but the other two have real character and colour variation.

Agreed. I just got samples of the Italian hides - the seal and russet are exceptional. I'm placing my order for a seal board racer today (as soon as I decide whether to go with brass or nickel zips - quite the dilemma I have). Honestly, if I was going to do something in black with Aero, I would probably lean to the black jerky horse, rather than the Italian black.

 

[nick123]

The indoor pics Thurston takes of the hides are nice, but those outdoor pics they posted of the russet a few pages back really justify the extra $200.

 

[Carrie @ Thurston Bros.]

What liner is in this black halfbelt?

It is indeed the brown herringbone tweed!

 

[Carrie @ Thurston Bros.]

Carrie, I have a BK russet veg tanned jacket on order. How might your veg tanned leather differ from BK who rate theirs as amongst the best available. Just curious as this will be first venture into veg tanned leather. Any tips on its care would be most welcome. An area I am quite nervous about given claims about shrinking and staining and so on. Thanks.

Hi Mark,

We don't like to give care advice on purchases from other manufacturers...we hope you understand...

 

[Carrie @ Thurston Bros.]

My understanding is it's Vicenza and Liberty that are the same/very similar. Victory HH is touted by BK as a cut above these two. On the topic of Vicenza - which is what this thread is about - it's good news to see black is now an option. IMO an aero original Hercules should be black, and one of those in black Vicenza would make for a top drawer jacket

We haven't seen one yet, but an original Hercules in black Vicenza would be very nice!