Help Search 3.5 Oz English Bridle Leather

[Hi Im Joe]

Yep, and it looks exactly like the stuff I bought, which was also Hermann Oak "London Tan Bridle leather". Supposedly it will tool if you can manage to get it wet enough. That particular sample didn't really look like it, though. It looked like it would crinkle and do weird things. It felt to me like it had been compressed to be extremely dense. Anyway, I'll definitely ask Ducjecs about it. It'd be good to know if that's what people expect of it.

Yup that's definitely what I got. It takes forever to get wet but it will definitely tool. It is super dense and very stiff.

[truenorth]

Heres my 1.5 cents I have 4 different types of "english" bridle 1 being from Sedgwick in England and yup thats the best one on my opinion for a 10oz piece of leather or in and around there WandC and herman tie a distant second but please dont anyone get excited this is just my opinion lol!!!Most times price is a BIGGG factor when I buy a hide thats all folks!!

[JanC]

I've read places that "real" English Bridle will have bloom. I've ordered and use W&C bridle for wallets and this "bloom" was nonexistent so I'd be inclined to say that the real stuff is more hot stuffed, as a previous poster suggested. That said, W&C is still very, very good.

Edit: Very possible the higher weights have it. The stuff I used was 3/4oz.

Edited December 8, 2014 by JanC

[MonicaJacobson]

Huh, yeah, I had no idea.

http://www.keikari.com/english/bridle-leather-characteristics/

[Hi Im Joe]

I love the phrase "sniffed thoroughly for smart nasal pleasure." LOL.

[denisfilatov]

I've read places that "real" English Bridle will have bloom. I've ordered and use W&C bridle for wallets and this "bloom" was nonexistent so I'd be inclined to say that the real stuff is more hot stuffed, as a previous poster suggested. That said, W&C is still very, very good.

Edit: Very possible the higher weights have it. The stuff I used was 3/4oz.

tell English bridle how good was that?

how do you sort of took ? could not take a picture of the skin on both sides?

thanks in advance!

[JanC]

Wickett & Craig Bridle is very good. Bridle is usually finished on both sides, but when I had them split it to 3/4oz, I didn't pay to have the flesh side refinished. Still, the flesh side is uniform clean.

[denisfilatov]

Wickett & Craig Bridle is very good. Bridle is usually finished on both sides, but when I had them split it to 3/4oz, I didn't pay to have the flesh side refinished. Still, the flesh side is uniform clean.

photos do you have on it ?

the grade you ordered ?

[Andrew Chee]

I've used both english bridle leather from W&C (split down to about 5oz) as well as english bridles from Sedgwick and Claytons. Claytons you can buy from Booth and co. in Peabody Mass but they are thicker. Sedgewick does have an english bridle double shoulder I believe at 5oz thickness from Abbery England. W&C you can get whatever thickness you want.

The picture you sent looks like W&C type of bridle. Bear in mind, W&C bridle and the english stuff are nothing alike. All are great leathers but the english stuff is much more heavily stuffed. They actually come with what looks like a layer of paraffin wax on top. There's like a hard wax finish to it. You can actually scratch the wax slightly and then buff it out a bit. It's just very different than W&C which is closer to what you see in the pic you sent. I've taken a heat gun to the surface of the english stuff to see what would happen and the top wax layer melts into the leather and gives you a completely different look to the leather.

Anyways, all good but if you're looking for something like what's in the picture, go with the W&C stuff.

Andrew