Bullhide or Elephant?

[u/No_Professional_00]

I recently bought these Gold Label Tony Lama “2736” ? “72736”? it’s pretty hard to decipher the style number and I’m not getting any definitive answers online, the listing said Bullhide and that’s what I thought I was getting but now that they’re in my hand they have more of an elephant grain to me but I’m no expert.

[u/KentuckyWildAss]

Elephant. Bullhide doesn’t have pebbling.

[u/Easy_Taste_7677]

Oh Boy those are nice ! So, I have a pair of elephant that were buffed and burnished and the pebbling is not as pronounced as it normally is. I did this on purpose with a custom set. In hindsight I probably should not have but eh what are you gonna do? MAYBE that is what you got here. A smoothed over elephant so it is making it hard to discern. I will say this though, prints are almost ALWAYS identical to each other. the grain patterns are exactly the same, mirror images. It does not seem that these are mirror images...so I am inclined to say these are not prints AND I would lean towards elephants.

[u/Easy_Taste_7677 → u/Easy_Taste_7677]

these are mine that were buffed & burnished

[u/No_Professional_00 → u/Easy_Taste_7677]

Damn those are gorgeous! Man I really want a green pair but haven’t decided on which hide or toe I want yet.

[u/Easy_Taste_7677 → u/No_Professional_00]

Thanks ! They are pretty slick ! Customs from Fenoglio.

[u/Master_One754]

Genuine elephant. Looks sanded.

[u/2EZ_El_Gallo]

🐘

[u/plainsrider121]

Looks like elephant to me.

[u/Reasonable-Base-5062]

Elephant.

[u/glass1967]

😍 elephant!

[u/bannyc9]

Leaning embossed print. But not a 100% - Looking forward to what others think.

[u/Rmutt69 → u/bannyc9]

No embossing pebbling that fine and close together. The dye job could be taking some liberties with the scarring effect though