Help identifying leather

[Haute Couturess]

Chevre is a lot wrinklier.

 

[Katel]

This looks like either Chevre (does it have the spine mark in the middle ?) or Gulliver to me..

no spine mark, LoveThatThing. I thought Chevre too, but I didn't know if there is always a spine mark?

 

[Haute Couturess]

this is chevre mysore. maybe it is! i've been wrong before.

 

[Katel]

Does anyone have a chevre bag that has taken a few raindrops? If so, what was the result?

 

[harleyNemma]

Katel - I live in Seattle, so, you could say my chevre bolide has seen a few drops! The drops typically bead up and then I wipe them off without spotting.

 

[LoveThatThing]

I don't have a chevre bag, but my Karo and other accessories in Chevre seem to be quite resistant to water, as long as you wipe it right off, it'd be no problem..
Check out some of the Chevre bags on the Hermes Reference...you should be able to see the "spine mark" on Chevre bags..

 

[Katel]

I'm just so puzzled, because I had definite raindrop marks yesterday - I panicked and wiped the water off, but the marks remained for 5 or so minutes, then the leather dried like they had never been there. Hmmmmm....

 

[hermesgroupie]

OK, here's a close up of my gold Bolide:

Looks like Gulliver. The grain can really vary in size with this leather. I've seen bags where it almost looked like clemence, the grain was so big. Gulliver has that iridescent sheen to it.

 

[Katel]

Looks like Gulliver. The grain can really vary in size with this leather. I've seen bags where it almost looked like clemence, the grain was so big. Gulliver has that iridescent sheen to it.

hermesgroupie, do you know if Gulliver absorbs the water briefly then dries without spotting? If so, then this may be the one!

 

[hermesgroupie]

hermesgroupie, do you know if Gulliver absorbs the water briefly then dries without spotting? If so, then this may be the one!

I think some members did mention their bag handled the water well. BTW, here's my picture from the leatherbook. This is from one of my bags in Gulliver. This picture was taken without flash, so you can really see that sheen you describe.

 

[CobaltBlu]

This is a great thread, can we move it to the refs section at some point, the pics are awesome!

HG, you are just, well....amazing!

 

[hermesgroupie]

This is a great thread, can we move it to the refs section at some point, the pics are awesome!

HG, you are just, well....amazing!

CB, there is a "leather book", of sorts, in the reference section already.

 

[CobaltBlu]

Oh, yes, I know about the awesome leather book, I was just thinking that this thread had some great close-up pics to add somewhere to the refs section....

the leather book, for sure!

CB, there is a "leather book", of sorts, in the reference section already.

 

[Eric Fam]

Does anyone have a chevre bag that has taken a few raindrops? If so, what was the result?

No problem with rain on chevre......the rain drops slide off. I just wipe off any remnants with my hand or a tissue.

 

[orchids]

HG--for a minute I thought your swatch might be Ardennes. Did Gulliver really vary that greatly in texture? From the few pieces I saw they were all pretty smooth and flat in texture--very similar to its reincarnation in Swift.