I've worn a horsehide Schott perfecto 618 for 10 years on my motorcycle, and you're right, breaking in horsehide is a totally different experience. It takes a little patience to soften up and mould to your shape, but the rewards are worth it. This jacket will outlive me by decades!

Great comparison! That Leftfield had a really cool design with the simplified design and longer body length combined with two way zipper. The horsehide jacket will get really beautiful with age! The commando with tea core horsehide would be a great combo!

Your compare and contrast presentation portrayed well the inherent qualities of each type of hide. The personal observations helped, also, in making a future purchase.

I’ve got into the whole quality Mens wear thing about 5-6 years ago. I buy less but spend more🤣 but having said that my stuff is beautiful and classic so will last forever in my wardrobe. My wife has no idea how much some of my jackets and jeans and boots cost. Thank god😄 My steerhide Aero 30s 1/2 belt is fantastic but heavy and took me a good 6 months to wear in properly but it’s perfect now. Two Eastman A-2s in horse hide. Lighter and way less break in period. Patina on both is great. Didn’t know about the front quarter thing. Thanks!

I had the Schott/3sixteen Arabica steerhide for a while but had to get ride of it as it was a bit too heavy for my liking. Found that leather to be far more challenging that the 1.3mm thick (My one and only jacket) shinki horsehide which I currently own.

.... just a mention... Heavily worn black leather, as well as other colors... can be touched up/ over dyed... with a lighter color to bring that depth of color spoken of.

If you still have the Enfield, I'd really be interested in an update. I think Shell Cordovan Boots patina so beautifully, I'd love to know if horsehide does as well since cordovan is ass fibers, not skin, haha. I agree with the style as well. It reminds me much more of an Aviator jacket than a Motorcycle jacket. It's the collar. Although I ride cruisers, I prefer the cafe racer Moto style jackets, but never considered horsehide. Thanks for the vid.

I'm an Aero and Lewis fan. Some of the Aero cow leather is delightful.

Great advice.

Spring’s around the corner. You should talk about classic lightweight jackets like Members Only, Harrington G9, or Bomber jackets

Would be cool to see more of these types of vids. Since your a scott, on wool sweaters from scotland and ireland could be cool!

Because of your channel I got back on buying Denim I just picked up 3 Nudie Jeans Jacket and 3 Nudie Jeans. I pan to get at least 20 Denim Jacket & Jeans and will pick up 2 leather Jackets and 1 leather vest Horse hide is what I'm going for

I have a horsehide moto I got from Addicts Japan last June. I wear it 3x a week or so and it’s only just now starting to soften a bit. I think that horsehide is great but I would also not recommend it for a first leather jacket if you’re buying new.

Greetings man. I have had experiences with several hides here in Mexico and i find the heavyweight difference to be between heavy cowhide and calfskin (Which, as weird as it may sound, here in Mexico is sometimes tanned a certain way resulting in a leather similar to horsehide in not stretching almost at all and having a particularly rigid hand without any finishing on top) while cowhide is not as rigid but is considerably thicker and looser in grain than the calf, while still being pebbled and firm as well and being used as the main motorcycle grade leathers here in the country. The thing is, usually the calfskins finished that way are very thin, around 0.8mm or 2oz. in thickness, are very lightweight pretty much like lambskin when used in a garment, but at the same time they are pretty much indestructible and impossible to scratch or damage, it's like armor, while cowhide is, again, stretchier, not as rigid, but far thicker, around 3 or 3.5oz or 1.2, 1.4mm in thickness. Both could very well be used as motorcycle grade leather. Personally i find the charm on any of the two: Cowhide forms and molds better into your body shape and it is easier to wear even when being thick. Calf, on the other side, is harder to wear because of its rigidity. And it indeed is a matter of personal preference. I do not have currently any idea on which one could last the most, but i will find out over the years. I yet to have a horsehide jacket, but here, the hides are finished as soft calfskins and do not have rigidity or firmness of consistency. Lambskins in my opinion here are tanned poorly and result in hides which get damaged very easily (Letting them soak in the tannins for longer, using less chemicals to dehair them and leaving them thicker would be a great solution to that) and steerhide / cowhide are always disguised between them and you cannot spot them from eachother, but anyway, besides heavyweight jackets (Most production of jackets, i'm guessing some 80% of the ones you see at any leather garment stores, are thin lambskin) they are normally used for bags, footwear, and when vegetable tanned, for straps, belts and shoesoles. Greetings

HI， I love your video jsut make me cleaer what to buy, except one thing, how long it take Horsehdie jacket to break in to comfortable and daily wear condition?

I'm going with the steer hide!!

Great video!

thanks for this!!!

Horsehide is lighter, smoother and tougher. Cowhide is more maleable, pourous are less resistant.

Cowhide has more tensile strength because cows grow in size a lot in comparison with horses, jacket we’re made out of horsehide in the 20’s - 40’s because the agricultural means of production used more horses than now days that we use machinery to do horse jobs. Steerhide is stiffer in comparison to cowhide and requieres a break in period the same happens to horsehide, they both have very different patina compared to cowhide but that depends on tanning process. Every company uses different hides and processing so a horsehide jacket from Schott will be very different in tanning process and hide feel compared to a buco real McCoy horsehide jacket. Old jackets horsehide or steerhide had an amazing patina because of the tanning process that had a tea or brown core the jackets now have a dyeing that goes to the other side so they won’t distress as cool as they did.

Could we get a best leather jacket brands vid for those of us (me) who don’t know much and looking to purchase in near future?

Do you know of any t-core horsehide jackets, where the t-core pops out out fast and has a nice look after short time like Fine Creek Leather but not so pricy.

If you want to break them in easier, i guess it would be great if you oiled the rigid sections of the jacket (Sleeves in elbow zone and leather around main zip) Greetings lml

I gotta know where that Portland jersey is from. I live here & I've never seen one

Does anyone own a Wested brown horse hide jacket ? do you have any pics ?

What horse leather and cordovan brand would you recommand for good or top quality ?

Wish real mccoys made things for bigger doods! Its a gaaadam shame i dont fit in anything bein 6’4

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If you want to hug your friends?! You mean if you want to hold onto the handlebars of the motorcycle you’re riding while wearing the motorcycle jacket?

I have a feelign that you generalize to much about horsehide and steerhide based on the two jackets you own. In reality the differences between horse and steer from the same tannery are very small. There are far more differences in wheight, feeling and stiffness between horseside from two different makers. In other words the tanning process has a bigger influence on the stiffness, character and feeling of the the hide than the animal it comes from. I can only reccomand you to ask different a jacket makers for leather samples. You will see and feel it first hand.

What´s the song in the intro tho?

Biker rings next?

kangoo leather best both

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Don't you ever downplay cowboy boots!!!!

If you want to make the jacket fit, soak it in the bathtub, the wear it as it dries. Repeat that a couple of times. It would mold on your body type. Great video, amazing jackets.

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. . You are right to much denim . . Clicking off Eh! ! Don't even have the time to just advance time . . .

Kangaroo leather

so long Intro

Five minutes before FINALLY getting to the subject! Two minutes of useless blather followed by three minutes of why leather. Then two minutes to finally say, one is not better than the other.

Great video!