Hi.
I experimented with my destroyed jacket.
SA flaps is hard to find on standard jackets from wested unless you ask for it.
so what did I do when I wanted close SA flaps.
I boiled water and soaked the flaps in the hot water.left it until it was soaked thru.I then started shaping the flaps.....very easy......pull the corners and hold it until it gets the shape you want the shape you want....hold it until its almost dry.....when dryed out they stay in the shape you have made
what do you think?any comments are most welcome
wested standard flap on the left and hot water shaped flap on the right
I am very shure it will.I have not tryed it yet.but leather is very shapeable when wet and when it dries out it will remain in the new shape.
like embossing leather bound books or different leather items for that matter
it's kinda done in the same way.they soak it out and lay a carved out pattern on it and when it dries it stays that way.
Will it stay like that after you add Pecard to give something back to the leather after cooking it?
Regards,
Marc
Yes, they do stay in that shape. Platon showed us this around a year ago - is that where you found the idea, Holt?. Quite possibly the idea came to you on your own. Either way, it's a brilliant solution to an ongoing problem.
It works well,my pocket flaps were very poor. No shape AT ALL. They now look properly shaped. My leather is goat. You can do it in cold water too.
no,I got to talk with my grandpa about leather and stuff a while ago....Old man you know...know's alot....anyways,he said do like this and that and voila...finito,...new pocket flaps.he said this was done very much in the older days and worked very well
but cool that somebody else has showen this before
Just wondering what you use to hold the shape? Do you use something like tape? or blow-dry it and hold it by hand? I know you can't sit there holding it with your fingers while it dries over three days.
Just wondering what you use to hold the shape? Do you use something like tape? or blow-dry it and hold it by hand? I know you can't sit there holding it with your fingers while it dries over three days.
Thanks,
Rex
after I pulled down the collar I left it to dry-air dry that is.....
I wanted to experiment if this could be done like this and see if the flap returned to its normal shape without holding it and forcing it to stay in the new shape........It has been a couple dayes after it dryed out..I tried to pull on it and abuse it to see if the shape became more like the original shape again.......and it did not....it stayes like this now...just like my grandfather said...leather is very shapeable when wet and when dry it has a new shape forever
but I am sure you can help it dry with a hair dryer.
Holt
You guys are being too "technical" for me. It's almost like you're speaking another language!
Hopefully your jacket ordering website will be in English!
i did something similar, i had drenched my jacket in the shower with hot water, and thrown it in the dryer some. When it came out it was still damp, and i was able to remold my pockets as well.
but I have to admit....I like the sound of that. a Holt Jacket.hehe 
