Photo by HealthyPatina on April 5, 2026 of the Ashland Leather Tall Fat Herbie in One-Off Horween Aspen Horsebutt (with shell intact) in Black.

Ashland Leather Tall Fat Herbie

One-Off Horween Aspen Horsebutt (with shell intact) in Black
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HealthyPatina5 days ago

The end of the 2025 Patina Thunderdome has arrived! Congratulations to everyone who crossed the finish line after this 6-month journey. It's been an awesome ride seeing all these various leathers wear-in and age beautifully.

Taken on April 5, 2026

Leather Goods Thunderdome 2025-2026, April submission

Maker

Ashland Leather

Model

Tall Fat Herbie

Leather

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

Purchased from

Ashland Leather

Order info

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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