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[Leather_nube]

Dear all,

I'm new here and thought it might be a bit of fun to ask you what you think the leather actually is on the following jacket (https://www.aeroleatherclothing.com...rainee---russet-jerky-hh--42----s-5685/s-5685).

The text says it's jerky horse hide. It has a steer hide label, though.

To my untrained eye, it does indeed look like jerky HH. The only other thing in the Aero lineup that it may potentially look like is tobacco badassi, but it's not shiny enough.

I've mailed Aero to ask, but they are having issues at the moment, so there may be some time to think. I'll post here when I hear back. The prize is respect!

Cheers,

Liam

 

[ton312]

Image(s) are too low res to say for sure IMO.

 

[Leather_nube]

Image(s) are too low res to say for sure IMO.

If you hover over with the mouse it zooms in, and the grain looks nice. Thanks for looking though!

 

[Leather_nube]

Dying a death is this thread. No experts? No interest? It’s keeping me awake trying to work it out.

 

[Canuck Panda]

I have both russet jerky and russet/tabacco badalassi.

I looked the the photos a few times now. My best guess is cowhide. But I have trouble believing Aero let a trainee to practice on their premium leather. Or it might been processed as a 1st grade jacket that didn't meet their 1st grade QC standard and then it ended up with the trainee label. I just don't know. It's best to get them to give you a proper answer.

My russet jerky, grain is more coarse and pronounced than your jacket photo:

My russet badalassi, your photos looks more like this leather, blow my jpeg up. The lighting can be the reason why your pic looks more dull. If I take the photo in dimmer lighting it would look like your photo.

 

[Benny Holiday]

OK, I'll bite. In spite of the label, it looks like russet jerky HH to me.

 

[hjv2]

There's also another jacket in the Trainee section that has the same leather and a horsehide label. So I'd say Russet Jerky Horsehide is correct.

 

[ChewingWax]

Maybe the trainee got the label wrong. Back to label school.

 

[Hide'n'seek]

Well spotted, as guessed the leather is Russet Jerky Horsehide. It is a case of a simple mistake by an new machinist still learning all our leathers and fitting the wrong label ( all part of the training ) . Thanks for bringing to our attention as the incorrect label even slipped past our photographer.

 

[Leather_nube]

Well spotted, as guessed the leather is Russet Jerky Horsehide. It is a case of a simple mistake by an new machinist still learning all our leathers and fitting the wrong label ( all part of the training ) . Thanks for bringing to our attention as the incorrect label even slipped past our photographer.

Thanks for your response and all the others above. Good to have this confirmed, and you're welcome.

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