Educate me on A-2 leather finishes

[Juanito]

I often see posts on here about people having sold their Goodwear. Hard for me to square in my brain: waiting a year for an expensive, made to measure near perfect repro, then selling it. Where do you even look after that?

Most are bought used so, selling it is as easy as buying that next greatest thing. I've personally owned probably a dozen Good Wear jackets over the years. The only one that was close to new a d bought from John was a Rough Wear that he made and had about 2 hours worth of Wear by him. For a 30%+ discount, I took it.

 

[Juanito]

Hi
Just a quick post that you might find useful .
Years ago Lost Worlds produced a chrome tanned DuBow A2. I don’t know if they still use that method of tanning today but if you can find an older Lost World A2 it might work for you . See photos of the Lost Worlds A2 at the top and an original RW 23380 below it .
Pretty damn close I’d say . View attachment 161423View attachment 161425

Yes, they still do.

 

[B-Man2]

I’ll wear this RW 23380 heavily over the next year and see what it looks like.

I missed the maker on this one , who is it ?

 

[B-Man2]

Yes, they still do.

Thanks Juanito … I wasn’t sure if that was the case or not .

 

[Nickb123]

I often see posts on here about people having sold their Goodwear. Hard for me to square in my brain: waiting a year for an expensive, made to measure near perfect repro, then selling it. Where do you even look after that?

There is nothing to surpass it, only different models

My Good Wears have always been bought second hand or from the sale page so I don’t have that allegiance had I waited months for one (or much sense). But I will miss this one.

 

[Camel24hrs]

I missed the maker on this one , who is it ?

Five Star

 

[P-47 thunderbolt]

I have an older Real McCoys RW23380
It is pigment finished and has a dark dye to the underside of the skin. Actually darker than it appears in the image too.
Would anyone know if this is Chrome tanned?

The leather is on the thicker side so I can't really tell from the drape, and the pigment quite thick so I can't tell by the waterproofing.
I'm quite impressed with it really, not too shiny.

I think their current productions are veg tanned shinki but this is an old one. I believe from their 1999 catalogue.

 

[Camel24hrs]

I have an older Real McCoys RW23380
It is pigment finished and has a dark dye to the underside of the skin. Actually darker than it appears in the image too.
Would anyone know if this is Chrome tanned?

The leather is on the thicker side so I can't really tell from the drape, and the pigment quite thick so I can't tell by the waterproofing.
I'm quite impressed with it really, not too shiny.

I think their current productions are veg tanned shinki but this is an old one. I believe from their 1999 catalogue.View attachment 162763View attachment 162765

This is inside of Five Star 23380 in reddish brown (russet) pocket followed by RW 27752 in mid brown. Five Star jackets are chrome tanned. Not sure about being pigmented or not.

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

I have an older Real McCoys RW23380
It is pigment finished and has a dark dye to the underside of the skin. Actually darker than it appears in the image too.
Would anyone know if this is Chrome tanned?

The leather is on the thicker side so I can't really tell from the drape, and the pigment quite thick so I can't tell by the waterproofing.
I'm quite impressed with it really, not too shiny.

I think their current productions are veg tanned shinki but this is an old one. I believe from their 1999 catalogue.View attachment 162763View attachment 162765

On the catalog, it said: Chrom/Veg Tan , pigment finish , in seal brown color.

 

[P-47 thunderbolt]

Thanks that interesting, perhaps a mixed technique like Horween. Not sure the tannery it came from.

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]

Thanks that interesting, perhaps a mixed technique like Horween. Not sure the tannery it came from.

If it was made before 2000, it was NZ based tanner.

 

[P-47 thunderbolt]

Ah that's cool, I know some of the NZ stuff looked pretty legit