What Is the Difference Between Essex, Dublin & Derby?
The photo shows these three items in the color English Tan. The Dublin and Derby are darker because of the wax.
Also keep in mind that all vegetable tanned leather will change color over time when exposed to light and oils in your hands.
You can think of these leathers as siblings… they’re from the same family, but each has unique characteristics. Essex, Dublin and Derby all have the same vegetable-tanned base; the difference is in how they’re finished.
Horween uses its Cordovan vegetable tanning formulas that are over 100 years old. The leather is enriched with a blend of fats, oils and greases giving it durability, softness and a rich round feel.
ESSEX is the base tannage with no additional waxes or finishes.
DUBLIN is the Essex base tannage plus a rich blend of natural waxes and then ironed to create a smooth surface. Dublin has a strong and distinctive pull-up.
DERBY is tumbled Dublin. Tumbling the leather makes it softer, loosens the grain a bit, and is more distressed looking. The tumbling brings out the distinctive pull-up effect.
Shop Essex, Dublin & Derby
Essex is a combination of new and old technologies. Essex starts with a modern wet-white pre-tannage and then gets a full vegetable tannage using Horween's old fashioned, time proven Shell Cordovan tanning liquors. Next, an enriched blend of fats, oils and greases are tanned into the leather giving the leather durability, softness and a rich round feel. Available in both earth tones and natural veg colors. The weight ranges are from 3.5oz up to 9oz.
Product Details:
›› Vegetable tanned
›› Supple and soft
›› Full Grain with a refined look
›› Sides will range between 18-22 sq ft
For orders of 100 square feet or more, please call or email for pricing.
The most rustic version of the Essex line, Derby is a vegetable tanned infused with a rich blend of waxes and tumbled to emphasize the natural highs and lows in the leather. It is more rugged version than Dublin leather and displays a softer temper. The leather is highly distressed and exhibits a rugged appearance as a result of the tumbling process. Derby exhibits great tonality with a rich pull up and will age beautifully by developing a rich patina.
Product Details:
›› Rustic feel
›› Emphasis on contrast of natural highs and lows
›› Tumbled to emphasize rugged look
›› Sides will range between 18-22 sq ft
For heavyweight Derby & orders of 100 square feet or more, please call or email for pricing.