Peccary leather gloves, where to buy cheaply

[lee_44106]

Perhaps the title is an oxymoron, but I thought I'd at least ask.

For unknown reasons I've been obsessed with buying the best gloves for the upcoming winter, and have come upon peccary leather gloves as the answer. I know it's the skin of the South American/Peruvian wild pig, which apparently is quite endangered? Anyway, I searched here and there were past posts from about 3 years back about an Ebay seller, who no longer exist, who was able to supply them for $50. Then there was an apparent group buy attempt here at SF that fizzled.

My Google searches comes up the following interesting sellers:

http://herrington-catalog.stores.yahoo.net/ls765.html
-unfortunately currently out of stock on dark brown ones

http://store.saintlouismotorsports.c...hergloves.aspx
-made by Dents of England, highly touted, but I don't like the motorsport strap

Of course there's always Paul Stuart, which is sized, another plus
http://www.paulstuart.com/product_in...SUBPRODCATID=0

Questions:
-if it's all from the same wild pig, why are the leathers looking so different on the three websites?
-another other cheaper alternatives?

It's looking like Paul Stuart is going to be it.

 

[witness]

I picked up a pair of Peccary gloves yesterday at Barney's New York for $190.00 but I found something I like better. I wore them for exactly 1/2 hour and Barney's won't take them back. Any offers?

 

[lee_44106]

color, size, and certainly pictures would be extremely helpful.

Are they handsewn?
What kind of lining?
Exact sized or Small/Medium/Large?

 

[witness]

color: tan
finish: hand-sewn
lining: cashmere
size: 9 1/2
manufactured in Italy

 

[witness]

In addition they look exactly like the ones posted on the Paul Stuart site.

 

[kronik]

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-MEN-alpaca-P...QQcmdZViewItem Any reason not to get these? The webpage for Iliari, while outdated, looked ok and the seller appears to have satisfactory feedback.

 

[fkl118]

Originally Posted by kronik

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-MEN-alpaca-P...QQcmdZViewItem

Any reason not to get these? The webpage for Iliari, while outdated, looked ok and the seller appears to have satisfactory feedback.


I think this is the same seller from which many of us bought peccary gloves a couple of years ago. The ebay ID is different but I think it's the same person.

 

[gefinzi]

I bought peccary gloves from the fellow in Peru...no major complaints, but they do have a somewhat "waxy" feel to the leather. The peccary gloves I have from Ben Silver are better (but more expensive).

 

[JLibourel]

For unknown reasons I've been obsessed with buying the best gloves for the upcoming winter, and have come upon peccary leather gloves as the answer. I know it's the skin of the South American/Peruvian wild pig, which apparently is quite endangered? QUOTE]

Peccaries are neither pigs nor are they endangered. The collared peccary (more commonly called javelina) is a common animal in the American Southwest, and it is even more abundant in Mexico. The annual legal harvest taken by hunters in Texas alone is 20,000, and many others are unlawfully shot be ranchers who regard them as vermin. In Arizona, they often wander into the suburbs of cities like Tucson. At one time they ranged as far north as Nevada, but they were largely exterminated over much of their range for their leather in the 1930s. They seem to be pushing north again, possibly because of global climate change.

The larger, more aggressive white-lipped peccary is found over most of the Neotropical Americas, ranging from southern Mexico to southern Brazil, often travelling in large herds that may number as many as 2,000.

Two other species of peccary were only recently discovered--the Chaco peccary, hitherto known only from fossils in 1975, and the giant peccary in Brazil in 2004. They are of no commercial significance.

Although they look like pigs, they are only distantly related to the true pigs (hippopotami are also in the same family). There are significant physical differences between peccaries and pigs. In comparison, dogs and bears are much more closely related.

Perhaps some vendors are hyping the rarity of peccaries to jack up the prices...just a thought.

 

[stickonatree]

so they don't belong in the pig family? they sure look like pigs. so the reason the leather is desirable is because it's extra soft, is that correct?

 

[lee_44106]

I do know that they (peccary leather) were all the fashionable rage in the 20's/30's, then fell out of style. It has intermittently come back into fashion.

 

[weilian]

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