Through the years horween has dabbled in many custom shell cordovan but there most popular are black and color 8.
What color is cordovan leather.
Here is a partial list of current shell cordovan colors that horween offers.
Unless you re looking for a shade of lavender though you should be good.
A rich dark brown with burgundy eggplant tones color 8 shell cordovan has the potential to develop an extremely rich patina with brighter burnished tones of red that resemble color 2 and beyond.
Cordovan is also a ubiquitous color name since becoming a pantone color pantone 19 1726 tcx and can be found as a descriptor of fabrics paint wood and furniture.
Shell cordovan doesn t take dyes as easily as other leathers and is limited in its range of colors.
Shell cordovan horween leather from the usa.
Often times this can become a confusing distinction for a consumer.
Genuine shell cordovan is a leather made famous by horween leather company in chicago.
Holds 8 cards comfortably.
Fits folded bills in rear pockets.
Unique variations in leather in each wallet.
Handmade in chicago usa.
The leather itself doesn t accept dye very well so it s mostly found in dark shades of brown black and what is known as cordovan color which is a dark burgundy rose color.
Color 8 is by far the most common color of shell cordovan available.
Cordovan takes its name from the city of córdoba spain where the production of cordovan leather was first practiced by the visigoths in the seventh century.
For some reason this is where the most nonporous leather.
The term cordovan has come to describe the color of clothing leather in particular.
Coveted by leather heads around the world color 8 is often referred to simply as cordovan.
Develops a rugged patina.
Often called shell cordovan this leather is made from the shell a membrane on the part of the horse that goes over the fence last.
Cordovan is a rich shade of burgundy and a dark shade of rose.
In this sense the use of cordovan overlaps with that of oxblood.
Also available in black.