US Wings Leather Quandary - Help?

Zach R. · Post by **Zach R.** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:21 pm

Does anyone know what type of leather this is for sure? I have it listed in the Bazaar, but I'm not 100% sure what it is. It is alot heavier than my Wested Lamb, so I was thinking Cowhide or Goat?

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Weston · Post by **Weston** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:45 pm

Man, bummer about that back panel! I'm not sure what that is exactly, the grain looks like it could be goat, but goatskin is not all that much heavier than lamb, at least mine is not. Here's a pic of my very well worn Wings goatskin jacket, for comparison.

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I hope this helps. My wife bought it for me in 04', US made.

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Zach R. · Post by **Zach R.** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:51 pm

I googled the serial number, all it came up with was a US Wings Horsehide A2?

Weston · Post by **Weston** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:00 pm

If you googled the 30-1415 number, I don't think that will tell you very much: I have the same number in my jacket, and it sure isn't a horsehide A2! Goatskin has alot of pebbleing (is that a word?) in the grain. Can you give us more of a close up, or a macro shot? Also, if you could nail down the year it was made, that could help.

Weston

Zach R. · Post by **Zach R.** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:04 pm

Well, it is definitely pebbled, that's for sure, and it says something about being an "Authentic 'Old Leather Flight Jacket'". Maybe an Antiqued Goatskin or Cowhide?

Chewbacca Jones · Post by **Chewbacca Jones** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:11 pm

I don't think they ever had an "antiqued" goatskin, but I could be wrong. Still, the hide looks very much like gpatskin from what I can see.

Kt Templar · Post by **Kt Templar** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:57 pm

I believe that is their antique "lamb", it's the New Zealand sourced skin that technically too old to be called lamb but that's what is is marketed as. I suppose "Hogget Skin" just doesn't have the same ring.

It has quite a few fans for durablity, but it can be a bit pebbly for some.

kobol · Post by **kobol** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:20 pm

Your jacket looks just like the US Wings Antique Lambskin I sold off about a month ago. The tags, lining and leather look exactly like it.
Hope that helps.

Zach R. · Post by **Zach R.** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:39 pm

Hmm, that may very well be it...it is pretty heavy compared to my Auth Lamb Wested, which is why I was wary of calling it lambskin, but I suppose that's really only the logical choice. Thanks, guys!

Vaderbreath · Post by **Vaderbreath** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:40 am

Um... what's wrong with the back panel (You'll have to excuse my newbieness

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-Corey

Zach R. · Post by **Zach R.** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:51 pm

It has a seam down the middle, so it's not 100% SA.

Chewbacca Jones · Post by **Chewbacca Jones** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:04 pm

That back panel is probably the main reason that their jacket isn't more popular with Indy fans, especially among the larger sizes. Some US Wings jackets are one piece, some are two.

Treadwell · Post by **Treadwell** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:08 pm

My Wested lamb does not have grain like that. My Wested Goat does. Both are a couple of years old.

mgarrison02 · Post by **mgarrison02** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:11 pm

I ordered a special edition Indy Jacket a few weeks ago and didn't notice a seam going down the middle of the back panel in their pictures. That's something I don't want. Has anyone else ordered an Indy jacket from US Wings recently that has a seam down the middle of the back panel?

mgarrison02 · Post by **mgarrison02** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:19 pm

okay, I need to correct my last reply, it is the US Wings Limited edition, not special edition, and they told me the only seam on the back of the jacket is on the back of the shoulders. No center seam down the middle of the back panel. Needless to say I was relieved.

Arca Perdida · Post by **Arca Perdida** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:45 pm

I'm pretty sure it's been established via previous discussions that the vertical seam on the back is not the norm, and rather a variation that occurred on some of their imports that they cleared out last Spring.
I'm not 100% sure, but I'm pretty sure. So you shouldn't have to worry about it. I don't think any of their current, made-in-USA jackets have that.

Zach R. · Post by **Zach R.** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:04 pm

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that it was most prevalent a couple of years ago in larger sizes like XL and XXL, because of hide size or something.

Post by **Michaelson** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:42 pm

Correct. Most of the lambskin jackets had the seam as they used every piece of lambskin they could get their hands on to make a jacket. Lambskin doesn't come in very large pieces, so it was sectioned in.

I have never owned a cowhide or goatskin from Wings that was sectioned like that in the back.

Regards! Michaelson

Rambler · Post by **Rambler** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:30 pm

my USWings 2XL lambskin has NO vertical seam
I have had it only a few months

US Wings Leather Quandary - Help?

US Wings Leather Quandary - Help?

no seam lambskin