(1) 馬革(コードバン)生産枚数推移
コードバンは鞣すが、ホースフロントは捨てる、なんてことはしないでしょうから、馬革生産枚数=コードバン生産枚数と見て良いのだろうと思います。2012年12月に社長が言った月産 6,000枚は何なのでしょう? 2011年11月に副社長が言った月産 2,500枚と違い過ぎるし。どの数字が信用できるのか分からないので、直近の数字を取材して欲しいところ。
- 1991年12月 コードバンの月産 4,000〜5,000枚(ピーク時月産 44,000枚) by Skip
- 2008年5月 馬革の週産 1,000枚 by Skip (月産 4,000枚)
- 2011年11月 馬革の年産 30,000枚 by Nick (月産 2,500枚)
- 2012年12月 コードバンの月産 6,000枚(50年前のピーク時週産 11,000枚) by Skip
- 2013年6月 コードバン生産数、2011年比で半減 by Nick
- 2014年5月 2012年後半に馬皮供給が止まったとWall Street Journalで公表 by Nick
続きを読むIt`s a trade that now has little competition. In the 1960s, when cordovan went out of fashion, other tanners gave up the six-month process. But the tradition at Horween continued, and the firm is now the only U.S. tannery turning out this valued commodity. In fact, aside from a tannery in Japan that produces a small amount, it is the only such tannery in the world. Horween now turns out 4,000 to 5,000 pieces a month, compared to 44,000 at its peak.
Leather Land (1991/12/8) | Chicago Tribune
Today, Horween Leather's 150 unionized employees process 3,000 cattle hides and 1,000 horse hides a week, yielding 120,000 sq. ft. of leather and, over a year, about $25 million in revenue.
Horween Leather Faces an Uncertain Future (2008/5/16) | Bloomberg
Approximately how many horse hides do you tan per year?
We process about 30,000 horsehides each year.
Nick V. interviews Nick Horween, Horween Leather (2011/11/15) | Style Forum
The cordovan business has expanded across the different generations. The peak of our cordovan business was probably about 50 years ago. We were the only ones doing it at that time and we were running about 11,000 shells a week. Right now, we are running about 6,000 a month, and we are the biggest that’s left, globally, doing that.
Chicago Production Raw Quality (2012/12/12) | MAS CONTEXT
Does the supply of shell cordovan vary much? Is it ever in short supply?
Shell cordovan is always in short supply. This is due to the limited amount of suitable horsehides available, and also the long tanning process. It varies quite a bit as well. Currently we are only able to produce about half as much as we were producing 2 years ago.
All About Shell Cordovan – An Interview With Horween Leather Co. (2013/6/4) | BestLeather.org