tonylumpkin
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My guess it is stag leather (grain side), what he Italians call: "Cervo". The leather is very soft and has these natural texture (in the tannery, they might even bring the grain out more by tumbling the hide). Stag leather can also be worked flesh side-out, then it is a suede with a quite deep nap.
The numbering in the 11-thousands lets me place the shoes at around 1987. I've never tried it, but I believe EG is quite forthcoming with the information if you give them the production number,
My guess it is stag leather (grain side), what he Italians call: "Cervo". The leather is very soft and has these natural texture (in the tannery, they might even bring the grain out more by tumbling the hide). Stag leather can also be worked flesh side-out, then it is a suede with a quite deep nap.
The numbering in the 11-thousands lets me place the shoes at around 1987. I've never tried it, but I believe EG is quite forthcoming with the information if you give them the production number,