Ashland Leather Tall Fat Herbie

One-Off Horween Aspen Horsebutt (with shell intact) in Black

The non-shell, suede-like areas of this Aspen leather are getting well burnished now from pocket friction, and are displaying a beautiful shine. The peaks of the wrinkled shell are the same way, where matte black has become a glossy black. The valleys of the wrinkles have retained their original matte appearance. Such a unique and amazing leather!

Taken on January 5, 2026

Leather Goods Thunderdome 2025-2026, January submission

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Maker

Ashland Leather

Model

Tall Fat Herbie

Leather

One-Off Horween Aspen Horsebutt (with shell intact) in Black

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Ashland Leather

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Cost: 395 USD

Availability: Custom

More about this item

This is a one-off leather in which a horsebutt hide (with shell intact) was processed with Horween's new Aspen tannage, which involves a tumbling step that gives typical Aspen horsehide its light pebbled effect. This tumbling step caused the shell within the horsebutt to noticeably wrinkle. At this time, I believe this one-off leather was unintentional or experimental. Leather color is black with machined black thread.

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