Sleeve question

[Don't Call Me Junior]

So I'm getting the sleeves lengthened on my Wested lambskin, and the tailor called me to say that there will be a visable crease where the old edge was and wanted to know if I still wanted it done or not. I said to go ahead and I would worry about gettin the crease out after I got it back, which should be Monday. I was of course counting on the wonderful guys of COW to help me out as I really have no idea what to do. So if anyone has any ideas I welcome all suggestions! I haven't even seen the problem yet but I will try and post pictures of the jacket after I pick it up. Thanks fellas.

[Texas Raider]

I hate to tell you, but that line/crease is there until you no longer have the jacket. And then it's there for whomever owns it after you! It's permanent. The only thing you can do is hope that the natural(or unnatural) distressing will cover it up and make it less noticeable

sorry,


have a nice day, none the less!

[Mr. Das]

You can try to darken the crease with standard Pecards. It will only help a wee bit, but it's better than nothing. But Texas Raider is right. It's there permanently.

[Michaelson]

You can also use the brown Pecards dressing. It can help immensely. I had the same problem with a Wested I traded off of _ and had altered. It, too, had those lines. The brown Pecards helped hide it quite well, or at least made them not as noticable.

Regards! Michaelson

[Don't Call Me Junior]

I don't already own brown Pecards so just wanted to make sure if is this the right stuff?

[Shawnkara]

I've heard around here that you can actually iron action pleats to make them lay better and that an iron can be used to remove minor unwanted creases. If I recall, that came from Peter himself. You just have to put a light cloth between the iron and the leather. Now, those old hem lines will be much tougher than a simple crease form being oddly folded while sitting in the car or something, but I would think you could reduce them significantly with a bit of patience. I would iron them flat a few times, maybe even fold them backward in the opposite direction and iron them. Also, over time your sleeves will gain severe creasing from normal wear, what some people have called "the accordian effect". This generally happens from just above the elbow all the way to the cuff. If you can reduce the old hem lines then over time they'll blend with the natural creases and just appear to be one of them. If the jacket was fairly new and undistressed, you're even better off as far as the color matching goes. As already said, Pecard's does wonders with evening out color.

[Don't Call Me Junior]

That's a good suggestion Shawnkara. Maybe some kind of combined ironing and pecards treatment will work well. I still haven't picked up the jacket yet but I've only owned it for a month, so I'm hoping the leather is still "fresh" enough to react well to my attempts. I will try and post some before and after pics when the time comes.

[Michaelson]

I don't already own brown Pecards so just wanted to make sure if is this the right stuff?

That's the stuff.

Regards! Michaelson

[zeus36]

Leather workers will soak the leather in water before shaping it. This could be combined with a towel/iron to try to remove the crease.
Worth a shot, but don't get your hopes up