Shell Cordovan horsehide

[m444uk]

I've always wondered why this leather is more expensive. This video link posted on the hat stand place shows why. Also some shots of horsehide being tanned.

http://vimeo.com/4814754

 

[ButteMT61]

And that's what you don't get in a third-world sweat shop! Love to see how things are done like this.

 

[arclight]

I'm fairly proficient in CQB with a knife, but I would not mess with those cutters at the Horween factory. Those guys are so proficient they could cut you from Hell to Breakfast and you wouldn't even know it. They make Gus from "Breaking Bad" look like a ranked amateur!

 

[ButteMT61]

I'm fairly proficient in CQB with a knife, but I would not mess with those cutters at the Horween factory. Those guys are so proficient they could cut you from Hell to Breakfast and you wouldn't even know it. They make Gus from "Breaking Bad" look like a ranked amateur!

I noticed that too - did you see that knife cut the shell out? Literally like going though butter. It was surgical! BB fan here too