Five Star Distressed Buffalo

[Cimmerian]

Has anyone ordered a jacket in this and what are your thoughts.

Looking at this jacket as an easy to wear beater jacket as I love the style:

FiveStar Leather Men's Civilian Vintage Windbreaker Jacket Buffalo Distressed Leather

Expertly crafted from high-quality genuine buffalo leather, the FiveStar Leather Men's Civilian Vintage Windbreaker Jacket boasts a premium distressed finish. The front features a reliable Talon zipper for fastening, along with two convenient side slash pockets and a chest pocket with a zipper...

www.fivestarleather.us

I know good things have been said about the visky horsehide but it is pricier and I prefer the darker colour of the buffalo..

Any and all thoughts welcome

 

[leper-colony]

From Facebook:

 

[ButteMT61]

Looks more like Bison, but whatever, it's a nice hide!
I guess that's splitting hairs a bit, but I have a few Bison items here and I love it!

 

[Cimmerian]

From Facebook:

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Thank you. Yes, it is a nice looking hide. Sometimes it's a pain not being on FB

 

[Skyhawk]

That's Water Buffalo, not Bison. Wrong Buffalo.

 

[Pa12]

Yes. Buffalo are Asia and Africa. Small head, look more like cows. The big headed woolly beasts of North America are bison. Can’t remember where the mislabelling started, but it’s so ingrained even First Nation people call bison buffalo.

 

[Cimmerian]

I'm assuming the Five Star buffalo is made from Asian (? Water) buffalo?

 

[Pa12]

I would think so. I would imagine bison would be expensive, considering we almost wiped them out and have been trying to rebuild the herds for 100 plus years.

 

[Pa12]

I'm assuming the Five Star buffalo is made from Asian (? Water) buffalo?

A few years back , when we had motorcycles, my wife bought a jacket and saddle bags that were supposed to be buffalo hide. I’m no leather expert but I couldn’t tell them apart from cowhide. And man were they cheap. Ridiculously cheap. Made in either Pakistan or India, can’t remember which.