Himel Brothers Leather Co.
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every piece of veg tanned leather that I have seen from boots to jackets uses some form of an aniline dying process and eventually patinas to a similar look to different degrees. I stumbled across a few articles a few minutes ago that compares chrome tanned to veg tanned if you would like I can PM you the links this weekend. I'm no expert by any means, I only know about things that I am interested such as old motorcycle jackets, engineer boots etc. and the one's that I am drawn to generally utilize these processes. A very similar conversation was had over in "the Wild Ones" IH engineer boot thread between chris, MadMonday, and myself yesterday and covered a bit of information regarding the aniline process.
also, like i suggested earlier it would be a good investment of a few minutes of your day to email David Himel he can give you a good deal of information or even just get on the vintage leather jackets blog, it also has a lot of useful information and you can take your search to down the path your individual interests are peaked.
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I love semi-aniline veggie personally…
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ditto that sh!t bossman. gives me major chubbage.
*another side note, Your jacket, know matter what it is made out of is going to reflect how you treat it. I do not treat my jacket like it is going to break, it gets abused. It gets wet, it gets beat up, etc. I paid a ton of money for it and I plan to get every cent of wear out of it. If you treat it like its porcelain, it will certainly not age like mine has in the amount of time it has. About the only thing I make sure I do not do is hang my jacket up on a peg. When I get home and decide to take it off I throw it and wherever it lands, it lands. At the end of the day its a jacket. Thats it.
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I definitely respect the evo of your jacket and I think it looks kinda cool now, but I am not particularly a fan of it as it was really old….expect a pm!
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All good Ben, I was not trying to be argumentative and hope it did not come across as so. I can't tell you what you like or don't just trying to give you an understanding of how different leathers will age differently, and my last post was just to state I'm really rough on my jackets … They get beat up pretty good cause they are worn, and tossed without regard.
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About the only thing I make sure I do not do is hang my jacket up on a peg.
What's this strange thing you call a peg?
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Wall decor
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Holy crap. That looks like it's out of a Stanley Kubrick film
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It cool I wouldn't… Pegs are for sissys.
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Man, David Himel has been posting some HEAT in woolen jackets on his Facebook lately. This letterman jacket he's been working on with chainstitched Native American art on it is sick. He's also shown a jacquard patterned one woven on a 300 year old loom and a couple of other tweeds.
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tatman thx very much for your insight and personal experience with your great looking jacket man you are a fast rocker buddy
mcclaincausey yeah I think he is making a lot of great jackets beside the leather jackets, always curious to see some new creations of DH, indeed a very talented craftsman
a link I found while surfing a bit about the horsehide himel bros is using and about DH visit to Japan, maybe some of you might be interested in it and browse through the tags, very cool stuff behind the scenes
http://www.himelbrothersleather.com/cordovan-horsehide-the-best-of-japan-and-himel-bros/
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Thanks D. Yeah, David himel is an artist in the purist sense IMO. I'm do in love with his stuff that I have berm holding off other purchases to invest in a few more himel jackets. He's a very nice genuine person to work with as well
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Would just like to chime in here on costs because i think there is some misunderstanding of what it costs to produce a Himel jacket. The materials (leather, liner, etc..) for one single jacket costs David Himel about $500 landed in Toronto.
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And he's the pimp daddy from Cincinnati when it comes to leather jackets. (By Cincinnati I mean canada of course)
