Marbled Mahogany Calfskin vs Horween Leather

This video looks at a Cambridge KJV Concord in marbled mahogany leather along with a Crossway Heirloom ESV Heritage Edition in Horween leather (from the Chicago-based Horween Leather Co.). These are two of the nicest leather covers currently available for mass-produced Bibles.

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Composer: Benjamin Tissot (also known as Bensound)

[cass]

Thank you so much for this comparison :) Great video!

[mikehoward]

Thank you for making this comparison video Tim. Hopefully you will make another video next year on the Horween version so we can get a look at how the leather evolved.

[davecrawford]

Tim very beautiful Bibles thank you very much great 👍 episode as usual. God Bless!

[richardstones]

The Hermann Oak Leather Co. in St. Louis MO is known for producing some of the finest leather in the world. They are the only leather company that continues to use the old-school vegetable-tanning process (may need a fact-check, but I believe this is correct). They are famous for providing leather to some of the best leather smiths in the country for horse bridles, saddles, and firearm holsters. I wonder if anyone has considered potential Bible cover leather from them? (either large binding companies or re-binders)?

[Creationhorse]

Horween has lots of different kinds of leather. Is this a pull up leather? Like if you press upward from the inside, does it lighten the color there? Just curious what kind of Horween leather was used. I rebound 2 of my small bibles myself, with 2 different kinds of Horween leather. One is vegetable tanned and a lighter color. It darkens with hand oil, handing. The other one is dark brown like the one you have. It has pull up, so it lightens where it bends. It is not 100% veg tanned. I think it's more chrome tanned and oil tanned? It was kind of oily at first, but just right, now.