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Help a newbie identifying the leather.

Tatagiba

New in Town
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I know it's very difficult, but maybe someone here have any clue about what kind of leather this could or could not be. Seller claim to be horsehide.

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Blackadder

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It doesn't look like HH to me. It looks like cow and I believe the jacket in question is of Chinese decent and can be purchased through Ali express. I know b/c I had a similar jacket in a different color.
I agree with Ton that this is a Chinese made jacket. The manufacturer usually claim that it is HH. I doubt that this is HH though. Resellers are selling this jacket outside China for way more than its worth. I saw a guy on Yahoo Auction Japan trying to unload a bunch of these at many times the Taobao/Aliexpress price.
 

Tatagiba

New in Town
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It doesn't look like HH to me. It looks like cow and I believe the jacket in question is of Chinese decent and can be purchased through Ali express. I know b/c I had a similar jacket in a different color.

You are 100%, it's from Ali ...
I suspected that it was a lie, the price is $200. But as long as I don't know very much about leather I thought that could be a chance of an cheap HH. Also they mix pictures on the website, some from real quality jackets. I asked for real life pictures and received these.
 
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It's not a bad jacket by any means and $200usd is not overly pricey for it. I bought And subsequently unloaded mine for just that amount. Had it fit a bit neater I surely would've kept it.
Why they feel the need to falsify its provenance is a bit confusing to me. It is what it is and it's not half bad.
 

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