Rare bird

[Wz1999]

I. Spiewak & Sons?

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[Dany McDonald]

Yeah nice, but rot and maybe very dry.... and that's just not good.

Tag looks ori, zip is not and the liner has faded a lot or a pale shade was used in production?

Dany

 

[B-Man2]

Yeah agree with you Dany. That has a bad case of red rot which is bad news for the next owner.

 

[JonnyCrow]

Yeah agree with you Dany. That has a bad case of red rot which is bad news for the next owner.

Oof terrible condition Burt, I can think of better ways to spend a grand

 

[Micawber]

As discussed before it's funny how the Spiewak contract is more prone to red rot than others.

 

[JonnyCrow]

As discussed before it's funny how the Spiewak contract is more prone to red rot than others.

Steve does damper conditions cause it? Or excessive dryness? I haven't seen it here and I've seen old jackets from the Spanish civil war, I owned one, a old republican leather, bit scuffed but still supple

 

[Silver Surfer]

im convinced the Spiewak used improperly tanned goat for the majority of their a-2s, thus the unusually high amount of the surviving spiewaks with dry rotted hides.

 

[JonnyCrow]

im convinced the Spiewak used improperly tanned goat for the majority of their a-2s, thus the unusually high amount of the surviving spiewaks with dry rotted hides.

Explains improperly untanned hides causing organic decomposition slowly

 

[Micawber]

Steve does damper conditions cause it? Or excessive dryness? I haven't seen it here and I've seen old jackets from the Spanish civil war, I owned one, a old republican leather, bit scuffed but still supple

Storage conditions play a part but as Vic says in this case it appears to be more down to potential issues in the actual tanning process.

 

[JonnyCrow]

Yeah that makes sense

 

[Silver Surfer]

I would reckon that the spiewak hides were sourced from India, or Pakistan where they were cured and tanned with Uriac acid, ie: piss. Thus the break down of the fibers over time. Of course this is but a forensic guess.