What is Capeskin? It's not Lamb, Goat, or common Sheep Skin.

[Julius]

Persimmon? You see above post? Wasting our time here, people still believe the OP even tho his post is questioned few posts down, probably because are bored to read the whole thread.

 

[Ken at Aero Leather]

When Capeskin gets old it always peels, that's one way of being certain it's the real deal

 

[Julius]

Ken, OK then why not wait 20-30 years to check? I am sure all of us will be around then.

 

[Bombing IP]

Ken, OK then why not wait 20-30 years to check? I am sure all of us will be around then.

What sort of reply is that to a statement ,facetious maybe ?.

Jeff

 

[Ken at Aero Leather]

Ken, OK then why not wait 20-30 years to check? I am sure all of us will be around then.

What sort of reply is that to a statement ,facetious maybe ?.

Jeff

Here was me thinking this was a VINTAGE jacket forum, misread the name.
I was talking about pre WW2 examples, obviously

 

[Julius]

Jeff, it was a joke, obviously.
Ken, yes a vintage jacket forum but there was no question about any vintage jacket.

This one is probably capeskin, no argument about it. Just checking if the current repro offerings are up to what their are named.

 

[Skyhawk]

I 've done some reading and have asked around about this. Unfortunately, what you try to label as capeskin is nothing more than shrunken lambskin.

Boiled Shrunken Lamb

Shrunken lambskin, c. 8 sq ft, gold is slightly smaller.

www.macculloch-wallis.co.uk

I am sorry.

The real capeskin does not only have the grain texture shown in your photos, which can easily be faked by the tanneries, but it also has some straight line bubble marks called ribbiness that run across the skins, which cannot be faked by the tanneries.

You can see those if you look at the below photo on the sleeve at the pocket button level.

So unless you show us some of that, I am sorry but I don't buy it.

 

[Skyhawk]

We use 100% genuine Capeskin from South Africa.

At over 1.5 mm thick, there is no way it could be Lambskin.

Some striations on our Capeskin:

Best Regards,
Jay

 

[Julius]

where? where?

 

[Persimmon]

where? where?

Ha ha. Have you a stutter !

 

[Julius]

here is an example and I don't think yours has any similarity

 

[Earloffunk]

Here we go again...

 

[Julius]

another example

yours do not have even remote similarity

because capeskin is not capesheep
so if yours is capesheep then it's not capeskin
you got it?

 

[B-Man2]

Here we go again...

Ridiculousness personified

 

[Persimmon]

The skin of a capesheep is not the skin of capesheep.
It’s a cape giraffe.
Of course !

 

[Persimmon]

here is an example and I don't think yours has any similarity

Where are your samples from.
The mysterious repro manufacturer who is the only one on the planet who actually knows what real Capeskin is or are these stock website shots ?
Or do you have these samples. How wonderful if you did.

 

[Julius]

The skins are not nine

 

[Skyhawk]

another exampleView attachment 23578

yours do not have even remote similarity

because capeskin is not capesheep
so if yours is capesheep then it's not capeskin
you got it?

Capeskin is from Cape sheep.

I don't get it.

Why then do so many original Capeskin A-1 & 37J1 jackets not display this vital characteristic? They are generally pretty smooth.

I suggest watching "Hell Divers" Circa 1931. They have tons of originals in that movie. It provides close ups and you can see these jackets in action.

One thing is apparent for sure, Capeskin comes in many levels of graininess on those jackets. Also it is thick. You can see by the rolled edges on the close ups.

Regards,
Jay

 

[Edward]

 

[Skyhawk]

Some photos to illustrate and compare: