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As requested, this thread is now the official Help I.D. Hermes leather, color and design thread. Cheers!



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Norm.Core said:
Under harsh lighting but still took this pic for texture. Does Clemence also get veining like Togo?

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Hi! I know this is a bit late, but to answer your question, Clemence leather does not get veining like Togo. My guess is that this leather is actually Fjord leather (depending on the size of the bag and the year).
 
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allanrvj said:
maybe it's 2018 not 2013 because I can clearly see a C
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It can't be from 2018. Hermès moved the location of the date stamp in 2016 from the sangle to the bag's interior, so this date stamp would have to at least be from before 2016. On top of this, bags from 2015 and the latter half of 2014 did not feature a letter within a square at all, but instead a free floating letter. This would mean that the bag has to be from 2013 (Q) or earlier.
 
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shaochun said:
Could anyone help me to read this blind stamp?
I got this preloved B30 from Fashionphile, and no matter how hard I tried to read even using the magnifier...I still couldn't read the stamp.
The description says she's in year 2013, I just don't see the Q in the square.

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Hi! I can slightly see a letter in a box above the "+" (plus sign) to the left of the sangle hardware pearling. It isn't very clear, but it is called a "blind stamp" afterall :lol: I'm guessing Fashionphile used other facets of the bag to determine the year it was from (e.g. heat stamp and the hardware).
 
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r luvs h said:
Hi! I know this is a bit late, but to answer your question, Clemence leather does not get veining like Togo. My guess is that this leather is actually Fjord leather (depending on the size of the bag and the year).
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Thanks so much for replying. :flowers:

It’s from 2002 (F in a square) and the PM size. I didn’t realise that Fjord was also used for Massai bags.
 
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Norm.Core said:
Thanks so much for replying. :flowers:

It’s from 2002 (F in a square) and the PM size. I didn’t realise that Fjord was also used for Massai bags.
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No problem:) Yes, I wouldn't be surprised if that leather was fjord. Generally speaking, fjord was used for larger bags at Hermès (HAC, larger B/K, etc.). Fjord leather usually looks like a mix of clemence and togo leather. It has clemence's larger grain and togo's beautiful veining. here's an example of a Massai bag in fjord: https://www.kerrytaylorauctions.com...ord-leather-massi-bag-modern/?lot=30312&sd=1#
 
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r luvs h said:
No problem:smile: Yes, I wouldn't be surprised if that leather was fjord. Generally speaking, fjord was used for larger bags at Hermès (HAC, larger B/K, etc.). Fjord leather usually looks like a mix of clemence and togo leather. It has clemence's larger grain and togo's beautiful veining. here's an example of a Massai bag in fjord: https://www.kerrytaylorauctions.com...ord-leather-massi-bag-modern/?lot=30312&sd=1#
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Bingo! I checked out more Fjord pics after your post and I think it is Fjord! Thank you for helping me. :flowers:
 
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Norm.Core said:
I did a bit of tPF H research and I’m confident that this Massai is a Gris T.

What kinda stumps me is the leather though. I have a Gold Massai with smaller grains and I assumed it was Clemence. Now that I’ve got the grey, I realised it has bigger grains so does that means that’s Clemence and the gold is Togo? Or can they both be Clemence but with different grain size?

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It is Clemence, the grain size can and does vary. Fjord has a very different appearance.
 
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