Carpincho (Capybara) better than Peccary for gloves?

[ThinkDerm]

I emailed Silvia's shop down in BsAs asking if they made Peccary custom gloves, this was the (edited) reply that I got.


"We make Carpincho gloves (which are higher quality than peccary).

Silvia y Mario
Leather factory
www.silviaymario.com"

Do you glove experts agree, that Carpincho is better than Peccary? Especially for gloves?

Thanks, look forward to your input!

 

[voxsartoria]

Carpincho is pretty cool. I'm not sure that I would say it is better, but it is certainly not something that one can get easily outside of South America.


- B

 

[kaxixi]

I cannot compare carpinchio to peccary because I've never tried the latter. But...

I have a carpinchio wallet, my friend has a carpinchio jacket, and I have tried on carpinchio gloves (that I would have purchased had they fit). IMO, carpinchio would make the perfect pair of gloves because it is thin but strong, and also because of its texture.

 

[CunningSmeagol]

Is this a character in Speaker for the Dead?

 

[Chips]

Someone please enlighten me. I could wiki, but I'd appreciate a forum members personal input/experience.

 

[DandySF]

On a trip to an estancia in the Argentine pampas, just outside of BA, I encountered this poor fellow. He's a Carpincho. All he did was scratch himself furiously. He'd probably be happier as a pair of gloves than to be damned to eternal scratching.

 

[ThinkDerm]

Originally Posted by DandySF

On a trip to an estancia in the Argentine pampas, just outside of BA, I encountered this poor fellow. He's a Carpincho. All he did was scratch himself furiously. He'd probably be happier as a pair of gloves than to be damned to eternal scratching.

dude, that's a peccary. a carpincho looks like a huge groundhog.

Both are at the San Diego zoo.

 

[ThinkDerm]

Originally Posted by voxsartoria

Carpincho is pretty cool. I'm not sure that I would say it is better, but it is certainly not something that one can get easily outside of South America.


- B

Vox - did you get anything made out of Carpincho when you were in BsAs? If so, what did you get and where did you go to get it?

Thanks

 

[kaxixi]

Big, kinda cute rodent. Thin but very strong leather (like kangaroo) with a suede-y finish (unlike kangaroo).

 

[Mr. Moo]

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[DandySF]

Originally Posted by ThinkDerm

dude, that's a peccary. a carpincho looks like a huge groundhog.

Both are at the San Diego zoo.

The man who tended this animal said it was a carpincho, which I'd never heard of until that trip. However, I've checked a few pictures and agree with you. Thanks for your zoological correction.

 

[teddieriley]

Originally Posted by Mr. Moo

http://cgi.ebay.com/250-JAY-KOS-MENS...d=p3286.c0.m14

They look like they got some sort of disease.

 

[ThinkDerm]

Originally Posted by DandySF

The man who tended this animal said it was a carpincho, which I'd never heard of until that trip. However, I've checked a few pictures and agree with you. Thanks for your zoological correction.

he probably figured you would not know any better.

Weird, I know peccary is native to argentina, but most places down there do not seem to sell peccary goods, and instead deal in carpincho.

 

[DrZRM]

Now that's a capybara!

 

[CunningSmeagol]

I would like to cuddle him.