Eastman Veg-tanned Vintage WarHorse® Horsehide

[Thuggee]

Im looking at a new jacket from either Aero or Simmons Bilt, I own a Eastman house A2 in their WarHorse horsehide, I find the leather lightweight/thin, has heaps of character, fantastic leather all round I can only imagine it will only get better with age, my question is does anyone know which leather would be comparable to the Eastman Warhorse from Areo or SB?

 

[Grayland]

Simmons Bilt offers: Clayton Veg tanned vintage horsehide brown. Thickness: 1-1.2mm

Edit - my apologies. I saw Warhorse and my mind went to the Eastman Timeworn finish which is a "pre-aged" leather. Clayton also makes a regular brown as well.

 

[Sloan1874]

Probably AEro's Vincenza. A lot of grain and depth of colour.

 

[Fanch]

Probably AEro's Vincenza. A lot of grain and depth of colour.

+1. Vicenza is my all time favorite of all the hides I have seen.

 

[dubpynchon]

Black vicenza in an A2 would be awesome, not historically accurate of course but still awesome.

 

[Monitor]

Aero used to offer mid weight leather from Horween that was mighty nice. Jerky HH, I think it was called?

 

[Hammerklavier]

I am wondering what exactly the weight of their "mid-weight " HH, 2oz probably? since their heavy weight HH is 3oz.

 

[Thuggee]

I have a SB jacket in Clayton BROWN Vintage Horsehide I believe this leather is 4oz? It's heavy thick but very soft , looks fantastic going to look even better with some age/wear very different to the Eastman Warhorse, I also have a Areomarine in I believe Italian Vicenza looks similar to the Eastman leather but in my opinion still thicker so more a mid weight leather whereas the Eastman warhorses is much thinner in my opinion so would be classed as light leather - I'm not a expert so can only compare leathers based on what I have access to.


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[Plumbline]

Aero

Vicenza would be the closest to what you have described .. the MWHH is also nice but doesn't have the depth of graining that Vicenza has .... equally don't discount steer which shows much more graining and creasing IMHO than HH.

SB's

Clayton is 3.5-4oz and much more like a softer hand Horween ( especially in the vintage variant ) ..... SB's Italian Veg HH is probably more like what you are looking for or their Shinki.


My best advice is phone them and get samples ( they will usually be happy to provide them ) and make your own mind up ..... but remember to try and picture the sample as a WHOLE JACKET which can be harder to do than most realize

 

[Thuggee]

Aero

Vicenza would be the closest to what you have described .. the MWHH is also nice but doesn't have the depth of graining that Vicenza has .... equally don't discount steer which shows much more graining and creasing IMHO than HH.

SB's

Clayton is 3.5-4oz and much more like a softer hand Horween ( especially in the vintage variant ) ..... SB's Italian Veg HH is probably more like what you are looking for or their Shinki.


My best advice is phone them and get samples ( they will usually be happy to provide them ) and make your own mind up ..... but remember to try and picture the sample as a WHOLE JACKET which can be harder to do than most realize

I've tried a few jackets now different styles, different leathers taken a while to work out what I like, favourite leather so far is the Eastman Warhorse and the SB Shinki, the Shinki so much so that I've just a few weeks ago placed a order for a SB Memphis in Black Shinki ( I already own a SB in chocolate Shinki in a different style ) to replace my Areo 50s Bomber in front quarter horse hide that I find just to heavy to wear comfortably, love the jacket just not loving the leather


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[sweetfights]

would love to see your Memphis in Black Shinki from Simmmons Bilt

 

[Thuggee]

unfortunately I sold this on a while back as it was to big