Thx Phil, the best explanation I’ve ever seen.❤

Umm..how have I not come across your videos sooner 😳 love your attention to detail 🥰

i think a deer skin exterior with bison interior johnny the fox would be pretty cool

That denim shell cordovan is looking FINE

That bison Chromexcel looks SO COOL!!!!

Thanks much for the video and for showing us so many great products! Question for you, how does the shell cordovan patina compared to other leather types like full grain? Does it loose it's distinctive shine fairly quickly? Cause those shel Cordovans look awesome right of the shelf! With Shel cordovan ages the most elegantly? Please add any insight of your on those shells patina journey!

Very informative and interesting video Phil. I would like to offer a suggestion. I think introducing a triangle snap closure coin holder would be great in Horween, especially also offered in shell cordovan. It could be for both guys and gals. Just a thought to throw out there. 😉👍

Very informative. Thank you for this video.

I need help. I have Dansko's and the calfskin (as they told me) under the cuff across the top of the shoes cracks and falls apart. What do you recommend to keep the calf leather from falling apart?

Can you also explain goat and sheep leather

Thanks Phil, great video as always. Very informative. Cheers.

Hi, loved the video! I'm trying to start a small leather goods co and I'm struggling with finding the right weights for my leather projects. I thought about buying a splitter but as you said I'm worried it may weaken the leather. What ounces do y'all usually use for your main vs interior pockets? Thank you again for the informative video!

Hair holes? I think the word you're looking for is follicles :)

hey! that's probably my valet tray!!!!

After watching this video, if I wanted the softest, most comfortable sneakers from Crown Northampton, the leather that I should get is deer skin. Dear seems so much softer and subtle, closest to typical canvas sneakers. Shell cordovan may be the apex of leathers but in a sneaker it seems counter intuitive. What's your thoughts? Thanks.

That English tan dublin is epic.

Where would you rate/place deer skin compared to the ones mentioned?

What is the differnece between cordovan and shell cordovan leather ?

where does moose come in on that list , is it soft like deer but thick like cowhide?

Curious why the leather you’re holding while describing Bison leather has “deer” written on it?

Hey! Awesome video. I think it eould also be interesting to see the difference between: camel, goat, kangaroo leathers too. And maybe also a video on small mamel leathers ie fox, coons, squirrel, etc... And what each of them are best used for.

Thanks for letting me see this.. very nice and interesting

What is Ranch Hand Leather?

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So did you make the fat herbie first or did mascon leather make the chunky charlie first? Just curious.

cool video but i think the aperture was so wide open that almost nothing was kept in focus and made it hard for me to watch.

So great jop

Shell cordovan is not underneath the skin it is part of the skin. It is made from back of a horse hide (hide from German Haut - skin) . There are specifically two spots called shells in English from which shell cordovan is made.

Which animal leather is best for wallets ?

Hi! Great video 😊 can you do a video on horse rump? Its characteristics and how it ages?

I want to build two “ultimates,” firefighter boots and custom motorcycle jacket. But leather is leather, right? WRONG (obviously). I work in San Diego and the leathers I’m most curious about are (different types of) deer, shark, stingray, kangaroo, bison, HORSE (new as of today the cordovan shell I just found out is from the rear of a horse) vs steer/cow/bull etc. I don’t care too much about looks, I care about function. I I want the best boots/jacket (and gloves, possibly a pair of overalls one day, but I digress) with the best materials. I’m learning so much but instead of it helping me, I think I know things that those who’ve been building these things for decades bc I’m willing to ask, what about bull shark vs blue shark stingray and kangaroo? And I get looks like I’m an idiot. I will say actually touching stingray helped me understand some things.

Have you played with a kangaroo? I want to see if it's anything like cordovan. The glazed too looks like cordovan .

Calf skin is the clear winner here

riddle me this. why are all the sophisticated euro leatherworkers that make high end wallets out of high end stuff commonly like boxcalf, etc.. able to make such refined and sophisticated wallets, that are sleek and stylish and come in at like less than half the thickness of the stuff you showed. and yet their products last a long time. is it just the skill and time willing to put in ? Must be skill. they must be using methods that more amateur makers, and there are tons of em, esp. on youtube, just don't know how to do.

What about calf cordovan?

Kangaroo?

i'm not that knowledgable in leather but i always go for real leather, full-grain if possible. my leather wallets, porfolios last 20+ years so far. after a while i jsut put some conditioner on them. they just come in so many styles and colors, and even brandnames. real leather is absolutely long lasting, beautiful, enviromentally friendly, and has a soul. i absolutely hate those plastic fake vegan polyurethane 'leather'. after 3-5 years they just crack (and they came from petroleum causing carbon, pollution, not renewable, bad for the environement, etc too).

Deep dive down the rabbit hole by Edomite 😳

It says deer on it, why you say its bison ?