Buffalo Hide

[dadgad]

Hi guys, need advice from anyone who has a jacket in buffalo hide, I would like to have Aero Leather Sc. to produce a custom AN6552 or M422A for me in that kind of leather, looks like jackets in buffalo could be tanned in russet tone only, I'd better say that is the only tone of leather I've seen so far for a buffalo hide jacket.
My question is, does russet buffalo really tends always to a yellowish tone year after year?
If you have pictures to post it would be great.

Thanks
GL

 

[Burnsie]

Van?

 

[Vcruiser]

My Buff jacket is the seal..unfortunately not offered anymore by Aero.
It's my understanding that the russet Buffalo is quite different..resembling vintage goat rather than old horse like the seal buff. Different tanning methods..I was told.
A good example of Aero russet buffalo is pictured on their "Californian" jacket on the website. Sorry...I have no idea how it ages.
Van

 

[Burnsie]

OK this is way off topic - what cut is your cap and where'd you get it?

 

[Vcruiser]

OK this is way off topic - what cut is your cap and where'd you get it?

Deep cut...Hat People.
I had never worn a hat or cap..except for military..(ever)..then got caught up in FL thread. Now..I've even ordered another one!
Check this out...http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthre ... ewsboy+cap
Pic toward bottom of page sold me.
Van
http://www.hatpeople.com/cuts/tourcut.html

 

[greyhound52]

Hi guys, need advice from anyone who has a jacket in buffalo hide, I would like to have Aero Leather Sc. to produce a custom AN6552 or M422A for me in that kind of leather, looks like jackets in buffalo could be tanned in russet tone only, I'd better say that is the only tone of leather I've seen so far for a buffalo hide jacket.
My question is, does russet buffalo really tends always to a yellowish tone year after year?
If you have pictures to post it would be great.

Thanks
GL

I had a buffalo hide A2 produced in the late 1980s from Aero and did not have a yellowish tone at all. I will see if I can dig up some pics.

 

[greyhound52]

http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/10071265

Here you go. Jerome did some painting for me on it. I gave it as a present to the sister of a veteran who was KIA in 1945 flying his P-38. Her mother just cherishes the jacket.

 

[MikeyB-17]

I used to own an Aero Highwayman in buffalo-it was black, so can't help with the colour-it was a mistake, from the sale page, apparently wrongly made with a batch intended for Levis jackets (Aero had the contract for those-wonder if they still do?). They used buffalo that was tanned to resemble '30's goatskin. It was the best-smelling jacket I've ever had, although I wasn't crazy about the hide-it was quite stiff and cardboard-like, and I wasn't keen on the jacket, so I didn't wear it enough to break it in.

 

[dadgad]

Thanks very much to everybody for the replies with a special thanks to greyhound52 for providing the link with the pictures.
Much appreciated.
GL