i have a horsehide wested jacket that i got in late 08. how often do you send your jacket to the cleaner? i wore this two winters and i'm not sure if i need to send it to the cleaner or not.

pete

Forgot to mention, shrinkage should not be an issue if the jacket gets wet. I've worn my Schott 184 SM (a brown flight jacket) in downpours until the leather was saturated with water and damp on the INside. I just hung it over the back of a chair, and let it dry at room temperature. It dried out an...

i have wested horse hide. it's tough enought. it came with sample leather. i tried to puncture it with nail, burn it with cig. it's still fine. only problem is, it won't age fast enough.

pete

last few days, i've been hearing squeak coming from the leather when they are rubbing togather. does anyone know how to stop that noise?

pete

a question.. when does the leather stop shrinking? i mean.. right now, my one month old wested hh is about .25" below the first joint on the thumb even with bit of stretching on the elbow and slight creasing when standing straight with arms hanging loose. i want more creasing on the sleeve, but...

Whats the color like in real life and hows the drape? all i have ever owned is goat and a vanson X1 , which i think is heavy heavy cow it seems that all the HH pic on here have a red/purple hue to it 8) i'm considered colour blind by my eye doc. i can tell the colours apart and know what is what, b...

the wested horsehide jacket that i received had sample leather in one of the pockets. measuring the thickness, it's about 1.5mm. when i applied pecard leather dressing and left it for a day, i can see that it was absorbed on the other side. so i guess if the horsehide is not too thick, the dressing ...

so i have been wearing my wested horsehide raider everyday since i got it.. about 2 and a half week or so.. i put pecard on it after first week. the jacket is nice and soft. almost too soft. it's nothing like what i have heard about horsehide. my cowhide perfrecto from 80's is still much more stiff ...

hmm.. i think i might have slight FS, but can't really tell. here are some other pix. they are not very good quality. this one is where i'm trying to do FS.. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/vaporbullet/FS.jpg just front and side view. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/vaporbullet/front_v...

Indiana Holt wrote:Im wondering if it does the ''flying squirl effet'' ?

hmm.. not sure what "flying squirrel" is.. can you show me what it looks like? i mean.. i know what the actual animal looks like, but not sure what that referres to in a jacket.

pete

pocket demension is as follow. Pockets: scalloped flap (if at all possible stitches on the pockets are re-enforced. They will be used heavily.) Width of pocket: 6.75 inches Length of pocket (including pocket flap):7.25 inches Pocket flap length in middle of flap: 2.75 inches the colour on the screen...

Indiana Holt wrote:nice!!


yours is not an 80's cut is it?

there is no taper..

i asked for 80's cut and the fabric in one of my pocket said 'RAIDER 80 FIT 42' along with leather sample.

but, i don't know enough about the jackets to tell what is what. i did ask for size 42 with 4" movement room.

pete

here are the pix.

What exactly do you mean you ordered a 42 with 4" movement? It sounds like I might be exactly your size and I would really like to just be able to order a jacket that fits well, because I don't want to end up spending a lot of money shipping things back and forth. Also do you have a ROLA Speci...

sizing the jacket is tricky.. i wear 40 on suit jacket. i wear 44 on casual jackets. my loose measurement is 42 with t-shirt on. what i did was i got one of my casual jacket, zip up the front, lay it on the floor flat and measured from arm pit to arm pit. that came out 23. this means that my size is...

Did you ask for the thin or thick horsehide? (I used to have a thick horsehide LC a while ago and while the look was great, it was a little too stiff for comfort). i didn't know if there were options. i didn't ask for thin or thick. just got what they sent out. it feels thin.. compare to my schott ...

i read few post on this forum about difficulty in ordering through internet and all that, so i just called mr. botwright directly. made things whole lot easier. after that i sent email to him with detail on what i wanted, and he sent back the confirmation number. i just waited after then for the jac...

as to picture.. i'll have to work on it. as to when i order it, i think i ordered it on dec. 3rd or somthing. the credit card was charged on 10th. i got the jacket on jan. 6th. with christmas and new year inbetween, i would have imagined that i would get the jacket at fastest on jan. 15th or later. ...

amazing quality. all the measurement per my request. even the chest size i requested 42 with 4" movement room which was done. the tag says 42, but the jacket measured when flat on the floor is 23" meaning 42" with 4" movement room. the back and the sleeves right down to the reque...

my measurement for the chest is 42" loose. now i measure all my favorite jackets and they are 23" from arm pit to arm pit, and they are all 44R. what that tells me is that i like 4" movement room. if what i'm reading ifrom forum s correct, wested LC has 4" movement room, and that...

i have been planning wested LC jacket in horsehide for awhile.. now looking at this thread, i'm thinking maybe raider jacket might be a better choice.. sigh..

pete

i locked myself out of this forum by changing my email address.. but now the access has been granted again.. anyway, after looking at some of the members pictures in the forum, i think horsehide would be the best choice for me. one question.. how long does it take for horsehide to break in and be co...

hello all.. i've got all the measurement ready for my LC jacket, but can't decide on the leather.. HH or NP. HH seems to be a good choice, but i don't like the shine on the leather, and it looks rather thin. NP looks very nice, bu i'm not sure how durable the leather is. for those who has both, how ...