Oh yes, I can smell the horsehide ... the jacket looks real great with the midbrown mouton fur collar ... no doubt, absolutely "deluxe" !!!
Possibly you can convert the jacket into an "spring - jacket" if you leave the studded cuffs open ... just a thought.
”Add life to years, not just years to life...!"
The thought is appealing but in Tennessee we not only have heat but some serious humidity....For now I am breaking this "bad boy" in via air conditioning and down in the basement testing out sleeve length while sitting on the Harley.Originally Posted by Windward
"Too Hell with the Expense Feed the Canary another Seed"
The only hint of horsehide in my days now is a wallet I bought this spring. Indeed, I take it out sometimes just to get that smell...how many months until fall???
Nope, the brown Highwayman is steerhide, thick but pliable and doesn't feel stiff. The steer probably lived in Texas too before being sent to Scotland!
I briefly had one too James, and yes, it's much more pliable than the HH. All the cow/steer jackets I've owned have been as well, sans one motorcycle jacket from Vanson years back.
I've never seen cow as stiff as that from Vanson, I've got one that still stands up on its own after 6 months of heavy use. I think of it as my warm-up jacket, before I get the horsehide!
oneterrifichog: That is a beauty! I never considered the Deluxe to be a jacket I'd go for, but it's back on the list after seeing yours. The only problem is not living somewhere cold enough to call for that sort of warmth...
Last edited by mattp; 06-24-2012 at 10:44 AM.
oneterrifichog: love the color of that hide: dark brown, rich, three dimensional. Ya done good.
No harm in wearin' the jacket in high heat/humidity for a pic. Now, you go off hikin up a nearby hill or "mountain" in that jacket, in beastly heat, and you'd be crazy as a peach orchard bore fo shore.
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