Original Bronco 29191 Horsehide

[Spitfireace]

Mulceber changed his mind. You thought it was goat and now no?

 

[Spitfireace]

Yes, it has lots of grain, but not in the consistent way you would expect from goat. Goat has more of an overall consistent grain rather than patches of grain and then smooth areas.

 

[mulceber]

Looked like goat to me when I first looked at it, but Burt put the nail in the coffin with Eastman's guide.

 

[Spitfireace]

Eastman is definitive is it? No but do we have other guides? I just got my 1943 Elgin A-11 fixed, but do I have a definitive source of info for A-11's? Anybody? Bueller?
?

 

[Spitfireace]

Very nice mismatched horse I would say.

 

[B-Man2]

I don’t think that there’s anything that’s totally definitive in this hobby. Could there be a goatskin 21991 ? I’d bet that there could. New information seems to turn up periodically that contradicts everything that we believed for several years . Remember that it wasn’t too many years ago that most of us believed A2’s were only made from Horsehide …. Then came along DNA testing and proof that theory was dispelled. Now when you read the ELC book it looks like as many as 30 -40 percent of the contracts were made from cowhide. So my point is that nothing is set in stone .

 

[Spitfireace]

We don't have definitive answers.

 

[Spitfireace]

How much percent was goat?

 

[Spitfireace]

I think like twenty percent.

 

[Spitfireace]

A good goat jacket like a early G-1 will outlast me. Damn things indestructible.

 

[Kermit3D]

Another outstanding jacket. Congratulations!

 

[Spitfireace]

Makes me want to wear my 1941 Monarch A-2.

 

[Wz1999]

Were you getting the NOS Crown from? I don't think MASH japan has any left?

Mash Japan has NOS Crown M-40 and M-41 zippers (for A-2s) in stock at moment.

 

[Spitfireace]

Mash Japan has NOS Crown M-40 and M-41 zippers in stock at moment.

Nice! I am corrected.

 

[Chandler]

I would have to agree it is not grainy enough to be goat.

I think you mean "pebbly." That jacket is nothing, if not grainy.

 

[Spitfireace]

Fruity Pebbles alright then.

 

[Chandler]

Looking again, I can see arguments for both.

Right -- because there's no real visual I.D. between horse and steer.

 

[Spitfireace]

Kidding sorry. Between horse and steer no. Goat.. different.

 

[caddyd]

Here's an all original Bronco 29191 that's rather smooth and heavy with the crown zip.

 

[ZuZu]

Nice steer hide Bronc! Gotta love A-2's made in New York City!

Why steerhide?