Members Chef niloc Posted February 20, 2012 Author Members Report Posted February 20, 2012 Thank you very good hides and service Quote
Members Andrew Chee Posted February 20, 2012 Members Report Posted February 20, 2012 Thank you very good hides and service Nice. Which grade of shell is this and can you take some more close up shots? They have so many grades for their shells I'd like to get a good ideas as to what to expect. Thanks. Andrew Quote
Members jwilson Posted February 21, 2012 Members Report Posted February 21, 2012 The grading system is based on size, not quality. It goes 1-5 and a #1 is 2 square feet+, and a #5 is 1 sq ft I believe. And the pricing is based on size, not price per square foot. Example, I just ordered #5's for about $50 a piece and #2's for around $150 a piece. the size difference is only about .75 sq ft. Hope that helps Andrew! Quote www.jawleathergoods.com
Members Chef niloc Posted February 21, 2012 Author Members Report Posted February 21, 2012 Nice. Which grade of shell is this and can you take some more close up shots? They have so many grades for their shells I'd like to get a good ideas as to what to expect. Thanks. Andrew I wanted whiskeys, so I wound up with a few grades. 3 #1, 2#X 2#2 and one #3. The way I understand it is that the grading is by size #1 being the biggest. Quote
Members Andrew Chee Posted February 21, 2012 Members Report Posted February 21, 2012 I wanted whiskeys, so I wound up with a few grades. 3 #1, 2#X 2#2 and one #3. The way I understand it is that the grading is by size #1 being the biggest. Wow. You spent some big bucks with them! I'm waiting on an order for two #4 shells. I know they grade by useable size. Can you tell a big difference in useable area between a #1, #2, and #3? I bought #4s cause I'm prototyping some wallets and Eric said that I should get enough yield from a #4. How long did it take you to get your order? It's been going on two months since I started talking to Eric and getting some shells. Figure since we're the small guys it's just gonna take longer for the tannery to get around to us. Andrew Quote
Members Chef niloc Posted February 21, 2012 Author Members Report Posted February 21, 2012 1329802057[/url]' post='235472']Wow. You spent some big bucks with them! I'm waiting on an order for two #4 shells. I know they grade by useable size. Can you tell a big difference in useable area between a #1, #2, and #3? I bought #4s cause I'm prototyping some wallets and Eric said that I should get enough yield from a #4. How long did it take you to get your order? It's been going on two months since I started talking to Eric and getting some shells. Figure since we're the small guys it's just gonna take longer for the tannery to get around to us. Andrew About 3 months.#1 , X, #2 are all about the same. The #3 and down get thinner (should be right for wallets), quality is the on all of them. Quote
Members Andrew Chee Posted March 1, 2012 Members Report Posted March 1, 2012 Here's the two shells I ordered from Horween. Took about three months to get to me. I purchased two shells. One in natural and the other in Cognac. I ordered grade 4's. As you can see, the quality is nice but they are pretty small. Just enough leather to make one wallet. The largest piece of my pattern is about 7"x7". Quote
Members tackmantoo Posted March 29, 2012 Members Report Posted March 29, 2012 Horween leather Any one here ever deal directly with them? I have sent a few sales inquires over the past few months to the email address they provide on there sight "Sales Inquiries: john@horween.com", but I never get a response? I am inquiring about purchasing shell cordovan hides in color #8 or whiskey. I asked them to quote me a price, availability, and minimum order requirements. I told them I was interested in 50-100 shells, I think that would meet there minimum? Maybe I'm wrong and that might be why I don't get a reply? My emails include my contact information and my businesses name, my title, so it should not appear that I'm just some guy trying to buy one or two hides.Any one know what I might be doing wrong or a better way for me to contact them? Yes, I have and haven't had much better luck than you. I just talked to Eric regarding Tannery Row and prices aand pictures of the leathers that he and John Cullinton said were going to be availavble soon. That"s not happening either! Eric hit me at $10.95 /S.F for one aside of Latigo!! It's beutiful leather but, I can't handle the pricing. I'd call Nick Horween direct (the owner) he's a real nice guy and will give you a quote , I'm sure. I'd expect you'll have a long wait. Good luck. Tackman Quote
Members HellcatLeathers Posted March 29, 2012 Members Report Posted March 29, 2012 I've never ordered from them and their hides look gorgeous; however, I can't afford those prices....at least not yet. Back to plain old veg-tanned tooling sides for me! Quote www.hellcatleathers.com
Members EricIsaiah Posted February 12, 2013 Members Report Posted February 12, 2013 Yeah, this is breaking my heart. 12+ for Chromexcel. But I have this incredible urge to get my hands on some natural chromexcel (which never shows up at Maverick). Quote
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