{"id":4162,"date":"2013-11-12T16:19:40","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T13:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/?p=4162"},"modified":"2016-10-16T21:55:15","modified_gmt":"2016-10-16T18:55:15","slug":"horweens-shell-cordovan-colours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/horweens-shell-cordovan-colours\/","title":{"rendered":"Horween&#8217;s Shell Cordovan Colours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve a thing for shell cordovan and particularly those from Horween, so a mostly definitive post on the various shades available came to my mind. The factory offers the usual black, brown and burgundy shell cordovan shades like the other few tanneries still trading in horse butts, yet there&#8217;s more treasures if one only knows to look for them.<\/p>\n<p>Below are rounded up the usual suspects:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/11\/Horweens_shell_cordovan_colours_at_Keikari_dot_com.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4166\" alt=\"Horween's_shell_cordovan_colours_at_Keikari_dot_com\" src=\"http:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/11\/Horweens_shell_cordovan_colours_at_Keikari_dot_com.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/11\/Horweens_shell_cordovan_colours_at_Keikari_dot_com.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/11\/Horweens_shell_cordovan_colours_at_Keikari_dot_com-200x173.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/11\/Horweens_shell_cordovan_colours_at_Keikari_dot_com-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/11\/Horweens_shell_cordovan_colours_at_Keikari_dot_com-1024x886.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Whiskey, a very light brown<\/li>\n<li>Natural, an undyed hide<\/li>\n<li>Black is black<\/li>\n<li>Color #8, a very dark burgundy or eggplant shade<\/li>\n<li>Navy<\/li>\n<li>Brandy, somewhat darker than Whiskey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then come the rarer bits\u00a0from top left to right:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/11\/Horweens_shell_cordovan_colours_at_Keikari_dot_com3.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4167\" alt=\"Horween's_shell_cordovan_colours_at_Keikari_dot_com3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/11\/Horweens_shell_cordovan_colours_at_Keikari_dot_com3.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/11\/Horweens_shell_cordovan_colours_at_Keikari_dot_com3.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/11\/Horweens_shell_cordovan_colours_at_Keikari_dot_com3-200x132.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/11\/Horweens_shell_cordovan_colours_at_Keikari_dot_com3-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/11\/Horweens_shell_cordovan_colours_at_Keikari_dot_com3-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Color #4, a very reddish brown<\/li>\n<li>Gunmetal, dark and metallic grey<\/li>\n<li>Ravello, medium brown<\/li>\n<li>Vintage brown, darker than ravello but lighter than cigar<\/li>\n<li>Navy<\/li>\n<li>Green<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More unusual shades among the regulars from left to right (excluding the last Chromexcel specimen):<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/11\/Horweens_shell_cordovan_colours_at_Keikari_dot_com2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4168\" alt=\"Horween's_shell_cordovan_colours_at_Keikari_dot_com2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/11\/Horweens_shell_cordovan_colours_at_Keikari_dot_com2.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/11\/Horweens_shell_cordovan_colours_at_Keikari_dot_com2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/11\/Horweens_shell_cordovan_colours_at_Keikari_dot_com2-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/11\/Horweens_shell_cordovan_colours_at_Keikari_dot_com2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/11\/Horweens_shell_cordovan_colours_at_Keikari_dot_com2-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dark Cognac<\/li>\n<li>Natural<\/li>\n<li>Color #2, red<\/li>\n<li>Color #4<\/li>\n<li>Color #8<\/li>\n<li>Intense Blue<\/li>\n<li>Dark Green<\/li>\n<li>Black<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition there&#8217;s Carmina&#8217;s offerings from left to right:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/11\/Horweens_shell_cordovan_colours_at_Keikari_dot_com4.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4165\" alt=\"Horween's_shell_cordovan_colours_at_Keikari_dot_com4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/11\/Horweens_shell_cordovan_colours_at_Keikari_dot_com4.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/11\/Horweens_shell_cordovan_colours_at_Keikari_dot_com4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/11\/Horweens_shell_cordovan_colours_at_Keikari_dot_com4-200x127.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-content\/pictures\/2013\/11\/Horweens_shell_cordovan_colours_at_Keikari_dot_com4-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saddle, very light brown<\/li>\n<li>Ruby, red<\/li>\n<li>Cognac, mid-brown<\/li>\n<li>Burgundy<\/li>\n<li>Black<\/li>\n<li>Green<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Not pictured are the dark brown Cigar shade, Carmina&#8217;s Burdeos and Navy as well as Alden&#8217;s particularly dark shade of #8. In addition, Horween has made some shell cordovan with a grain pattern. These are the rarest of the pack, I&#8217;ve only seen a few pairs in Whisky, Black and #8 Grain. If I missed a shade or two, please let me know in the comments and I&#8217;ll update the post accordingly. It&#8217;s a shame we&#8217;ve only two feet.<\/p>\n<p>Photos: Horween, original uploaders and <a href=\"https:\/\/formfunctionform.com\">Form Function Form<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve a thing for shell cordovan and particularly those from Horween, so a mostly definitive post on the various shades &#8230; <br \/><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/horweens-shell-cordovan-colours\/\">keep reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-footwear"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4162"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6381,"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4162\/revisions\/6381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keikari.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}