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    Ask a Question, Get An Answer About Outerwear

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    Leather under a microscope

    That's all I have for today. If there's interest, I might be able to find more. Maybe even something from an actual jacket depending on what I can get my hands on.
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    Leather under a microscope

    Watch strap (dark side) Macro: 90X: 180X: 270X: Reverse of the same watchband. It's some sort of waxed suede finish meant to emulate a vintage something something... I dunno. Not my thing. Not really sure what to make of this. The finish is weird, and it's confusing my eye. I see some...
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    Leather under a microscope

    Watch strap (light side) Macro: 90X: 180X: 270X: I believe this is a corrected calfskin. It's smooth, but not in a suede-y way. You can see the chrome tanned fibers pretty clearly, but there's still a little bit of the pores visible. I think I only wore this watch strap a few days. Came...
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    Leather under a microscope

    Sheep skin glove Macro: 90X: 180X: 270X: This is an example where the pictures fail. Stereoscopically, this is a very different picture. The sheep leather is way more fluffy than anything in the above posts. Very spongey. Very three dimensional surface texture, but not in a porous way...
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    Leather under a microscope

    Heavily worn cow wallet Macro: 90X: 180X: 270X: I've had this wallet nearly as long as the upholstery leather laptop bag up there. Has lived in my pocket any time I've gone anywhere for that entire duration. It started life a dark brown, and is now definitely black. Very very very worn...
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    Leather under a microscope

    Italian veg tan glass case flap - flesh side Macro: 90X: 180X: 270X: See the previous post for the majority of the comments on this. The variable focus is due to the three dimensionality of the sample with the fibers shooting up out of plane. Provides another view of what I'm pretty sure...
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    Leather under a microscope

    Italian veg tan glasses case flap Macro: 90X: 180X: 270X: This was billed as Italian veg tan leather from an Etsy seller in Eastern Europe (I forget where exactly). The way they advertised it was clearly an attempt to make it look like THEY were based in Italy rather than just sourcing one...
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    Leather under a microscope

    Upholstery leather laptop bag Macro: 90X: 180X: 270X: I made this bag... 15 years ago or something like that from leather I stripped from a couch I found by a dumpster in college. It's chrome tanned cow that was abused when I found it, and hasn't had any better luck since. You can see past...
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    Leather under a microscope

    Shell Cordovan shoes. Macro: 90X: 180X: 270X: This particular bit of shell cordovan started out #8 (the actual name of the color people often refer to as "cordovan"), but when I had them resoled a few years back a colorblind cobbler polished them brown... You can see both colors and a bit...
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    Leather under a microscope

    Prototype Moleskine notebook cover in full grain veg tan cow w/ oils/waxes and lots of sun: Macro: 90X: 180X: 270X: The oils and waxes combined with the intense and intentional UV damage has made this leather very dark without the use of any dyes or pigments. The oils take the place of...
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    Leather under a microscope

    Same '60s briefcase, but a more worn section with some color. Macro: 90x: 180X: 270X: What I find noteworthy about this one is how the leather is compressed, and made translucent with hand oil. You have the yellow of the less compressed/saturated areas, and red/brown where it's more...
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    Leather under a microscope

    First up is a 1960s vintage Hartman briefcase (clean section): Macro: 90X: 180X: 270X: The pores in the leather are very well defined. There's some compression at the very surface, but the light fluffy internal structure is visible in the pores. I believe this is undyed full grain veg tan...
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    Leather under a microscope

    Last weekend, I promised that I'd make this thread pursuant to some comments in the Ask a Question thread. I was sick and it was snowy, so I figured I had the time. Turns out, I was sicker than I realized, so I apologize for the delay. At any rate, here is the promised thread. Various leathers...
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    Ask a Question, Get An Answer About Outerwear

    Some collars have this sort of stitching, others don't. Is it reinforcement? Against what exactly? Decorative? What is its purpose? Same here, but around the base of the collar as well in what must have a different purpose, assuming there is one.
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    Five Star Leather Jackets

    Stop feeding the trolls. Walk away. Allow the level of discourse to return.
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    Five Star Leather Jackets

    I think the answer is somewhere in the middle. I have worked leather, and can work a sewing machine (I can also work ON sewing machines), and stitch by hand. I've never made a jacket, but I've never seen a decent pattern and never had the time to make one myself (though I have entertained the...
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    Five Star Leather Jackets

    The issue looks like an imbalance between the front, collar, and back measurements. What did you give them, and what did they give you? I'd be interested to know the details of your order entirely. You started with that known reproduction, but then changed measurements. What else was changed?
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    Five Star Leather Jackets

    I've got a fair bit of leather experience and an appropriate microscope. When I get my samples, I'll do my thing and post up here.
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    Five Star Leather Jackets

    How do you like the pull up brown horse hide? I'm in the process of ordering leather and fabric samples now.

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