I get you now, CP. Yes, I read it on COW- On October 18 2009, Patterson, a member here and a collector of A2's wrote:
Something to be aware of with Eastman. They have been caught red-handed several times selling steerhide as horse. The only jackets they've ever properly labeled are the PH jackets. They were forced to prperly disclose due to the relation of the jackets to the movie and the associated licensing through Disney. Licensed products through Disney require proof of origin and material components. They don't want Disney miniatures to come from china containng lead. The same disclosure requirements led to Eastman actually admitting they used steer for the PH jackets. There is a very strong belief that all oftheir HH is really steer. Is there a performance difference? Likely not.
Now I'm not accusing any company of anything and frankly, the whole point of forums like this is to sift for the truth. Sometimes an uncomfortable hypothesis needs to be tested Creeping Past and we should never worship any company as an infallible merchant of virtue - look at how Wested has come out in recent times...
BTW Patterson does know his stuff (in my experience).
The film referred to in the above quoted post is Peal Harbour - Eastman supplied the A2's.
Something to be aware of with Eastman. They have been caught red-handed several times selling steerhide as horse. The only jackets they've ever properly labeled are the PH jackets. They were forced to prperly disclose due to the relation of the jackets to the movie and the associated licensing through Disney. Licensed products through Disney require proof of origin and material components. They don't want Disney miniatures to come from china containng lead. The same disclosure requirements led to Eastman actually admitting they used steer for the PH jackets. There is a very strong belief that all oftheir HH is really steer. Is there a performance difference? Likely not.
Now I'm not accusing any company of anything and frankly, the whole point of forums like this is to sift for the truth. Sometimes an uncomfortable hypothesis needs to be tested Creeping Past and we should never worship any company as an infallible merchant of virtue - look at how Wested has come out in recent times...
BTW Patterson does know his stuff (in my experience).
The film referred to in the above quoted post is Peal Harbour - Eastman supplied the A2's.