Wested LC jacket

knibs7 · Post by **knibs7** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 2:50 am

Got my new Wested LC jacket. I'm pretty pleased with it.

Kyle

Baldwyn · Post by **Baldwyn** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 2:58 am

Terrific job by Wested and yourself!!! How long did that take to distress it?

knibs7 · Post by **knibs7** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 3:04 am

Thank you! It took me about 2 hours

Kyle

Baldwyn · Post by **Baldwyn** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 3:12 am

No kidding, that's amazing. You've come such a long way since the Kurtz jacket

nephilo · Post by **nephilo** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 6:11 am

Fantastic distressing!!!

The best Wested-LC I´ve ever see!

Raskolnikov · Post by **Raskolnikov** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:23 am

Wow, great work you've done there

That Wested looks awsome.

Post by **Holt** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:33 am

is this an of the rack or custom?

IMO I think you should get some brown redish shoepolish and give the distressing a wipe over.

crismans · Post by **crismans** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 10:55 am

Very nice distressing job, Kyle. Looks very "castleish".

djd · Post by **djd** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 11:11 am

Nice distressing job!

DeWayne · Post by **DeWayne** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 12:17 pm

Looks like Wested did a great job on this one, and you did an equally great job distressing it. That jacket just screams Last Crusade. Enjoy it!

donovan · Post by **donovan** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 12:33 pm

great job- take it thats a lamb ? how do you sand paper over seams without damage to the stitching ?

Post by **Holt** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 12:46 pm

and let me jsut ad. this just prooves it. there is no better choice then authentic lambskin for LC.

no matter how nice the new soft goatskin is, no matter how nice novapella is. etc.etc.

Texan Scott · Post by **Texan Scott** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 2:15 pm

Fine distressing work there!

knibs7 · Post by **knibs7** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 2:54 pm

donovan wrote:great job- take it thats a lamb ? how do you sand paper over seams without damage to the stitching ?

VERY carefully

Kyle

Kt Templar · Post by **Kt Templar** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 5:41 pm

Knibs, that is a fab looking jacket.

Very well specced and your distressing is a revelation.

RaidersBash · Post by **RaidersBash** » Sat Oct 10, 2009 5:56 pm

THAT LOOKS AWESOME!!!

I have a Wested goat ROTLA that I've had for close to 10 years, wear it all the time, and still can't get a good natural distressing, and you did a SUPER JOB in 2 hours...that's fantastic!!!

Post by **Holt** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 10:28 am

the distressing is very LC, but for what its worth, Im giving alittle 'Holt opinion'. IMO it should have had smaller pockets. it could just be the angle of the pictures though. the flaps look good and chunky.

what is the size of these pockets knibs?

how long is the jacket?

can we see it on?

Forrest For the Trees · Sun Oct 11, 2009 4:26 pm

I could never bring myself to distress a jacket. However, the distressing on your jacket looks better than the job that was done on the film jacket!

knibs7 · Post by **knibs7** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:01 pm

Please pardon the swollen face- I've been very sick with the flu. I'll try to get some more pictures of the jacket straight on.

Kyle

Post by **Holt** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:04 pm

my god

from that picture it looks like you are wearing the original Kurtz jacket.

cool

knibs7 · Post by **knibs7** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:12 pm

Indiana Holt wrote:my god

from that picture it looks like you are wearing the original Kurtz jacket.

cool

Haha is that a good or a bad thing?

Kyle

RCSignals · Post by **RCSignals** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:48 pm

Considering the history of the Kurtz and discussion of it

Post by **Holt** » Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:20 pm

I like the kurtz. its special.

not my fave of course, but I only said from that picture, reminds me of the kurtz with the grail cup picture

RCSignals · Post by **RCSignals** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:29 am

Special? As in Short bus special?

I know what you mean, there are similarities, except the Kurtz distressing is much more exaggerated.

Texan Scott · Post by **Texan Scott** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:19 am

Allright, Kyle...how'd you do it?

knibs7 · Post by **knibs7** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:29 am

Actually, there really isn't much to it, just use rubbing alcohol to take the shine off, then use sandpaper on the desired areas.

Kyle

Hatch · Post by **Hatch** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:52 am

Knibs, what grit of sandpaper and did you sand with and was leather dry or damp.........also mind posting a few more close ups of the distressed areas .......looks very natural ....great job

Post by **Dr. Nebraska S.** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:34 am

Kyle, while I'm personally in favor of natural distressing, that's an excellent job you did with your jacket. You wear it well!

Best wishes,
Nebraska Schulte

knibs7 · Post by **knibs7** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:46 pm

Here are some close ups. I used 80 grit.

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii12 ... G_0329.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii12 ... G_0330.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii12 ... G_0331.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii12 ... G_0332.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii12 ... G_0333.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii12 ... G_0334.jpg

I'm actually thinking about selling this if anyone is interested...

Kyle

RCSignals · Post by **RCSignals** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:21 pm

you just like distressing jackets

didn't you sell the ToD you distressed as well?

knibs7 · Post by **knibs7** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:35 pm

Haha sure did.

Kyle

Hatch · Post by **Hatch** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:46 pm

Knibs , thanks........any other tools etc use to get straightish lines when using the sandpaper...what about a mini tutorial......well done..have you applied any dressing over 'distressed' areas.....

Post by **Holt** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:51 pm

Im am a fan of natural distressing.

but this is just awesome. i love the pocket distress and the vertical distress lines just above the flap. just like the original LC had.

cool

Ronski · Post by **Ronski** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 4:32 pm

Hey, you wouldn't by chance want to distress my jacket would ya?

knibs7 · Post by **knibs7** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 4:38 pm

Ronski wrote:Hey, you wouldn't by chance want to distress my jacket would ya?

Absolutely!

Kyle

RCSignals · Post by **RCSignals** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 6:46 pm

Indiana Holt wrote:Im am a fan of natural distressing.

but this is just awesome. i love the pocket distress and the vertical distress lines just above the flap. just like the original LC had.

cool

Yes natural distressing is great, but when it comes to the LC jacket there is noting natural about the distressing. It takes something like Kyle did to achieve. Natural distressing is ever going to look like it.

Post by **Holt** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:11 pm

boy! do we NEED to go thru this EVERYTIME?

yes I know!

Im just stating my opinion. I didnt say it looked awful. I said it was awesome. I said I was just a fan of natural distressing.

you call me out on it over and over and over again..., if I didnt know any better, I'd say you try to bait me on this LC distressing

knibs7 · Post by **knibs7** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:44 pm

Kyle

RCSignals · Post by **RCSignals** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:47 pm

Indiana Holt wrote:boy! do we NEED to go thru this EVERYTIME?

yes I know!

Im just stating my opinion. I didnt say it looked awful. I said it was awesome. I said I was just a fan of natural distressing.

you call me out on it over and over and over again..., if I didnt know any better, I'd say you try to bait me on this LC distressing

Bait you? Too funny

Yes it is awesome, just as the distressing of every LC by TN we've seen here is awesome.
But it can't be achieved naturally, even though every time one is shown someone says they are a fan of natural distressing.

I think everyone knows it's not ever going to be done naturally.

Maybe Kyle will do one for you

gwyddion · Post by **gwyddion** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:01 pm

Personally I love the way that distressing looks

But on the current theme: I would not wear a jacket like that myself. I find it nice to look at, but I prefer my jackets to have a more "real life" distressing. I do love the cut and the details of the LC though, so that makes me a bit strange: I like the LC jacket, like Kyle's distressing job (a lot, great job kyle!

), but that distressing isn't something I would have on my jacket.

Am I still making sense here?

Never did have all my ducks in a row, so nevermind

. Again great job Kyle

Regards, Geert

Post by **Holt** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:23 pm

gwyddion wrote:Personally I love the way that distressing looks But on the current theme: I would not wear a jacket like that myself. I find it nice to look at, but I prefer my jackets to have a more "real life" distressing. I do love the cut and the details of the LC though, so that makes me a bit strange: I like the LC jacket, like Kyle's distressing job (a lot, great job kyle! ), but that distressing isn't something I would have on my jacket.

Am I still making sense here? Never did have all my ducks in a row, so nevermind . Again great job Kyle

Regards, Geert

AMEN brother cheese

Nicolas Jones · Post by **Nicolas Jones** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 3:37 pm

Hello, thanks for the pictures.

Your jacket looks great but I would need to have ot in front of my eyes before buying it.
Since this is not possible I have to say I wont buy this jacket from you. Sorry

nico

CM · Post by CM » Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:02 pm

Indiana Holt wrote:boy! do we NEED to go thru this EVERYTIME?

yes I know!

Im just stating my opinion. I didnt say it looked awful. I said it was awesome. I said I was just a fan of natural distressing.

you call me out on it over and over and over again..., if I didnt know any better, I'd say you try to bait me on this LC distressing

I've always hated the LC distressing in the film. Love the jacket but could do without the sandpapering.

RCSignals · Post by **RCSignals** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:20 pm

Where have you been CM? I guess almost 2 months late is better than nothing

CM · Post by CM » Thu Dec 10, 2009 1:32 am

I'm not late, I'm fashionably late.

knibs7 · Post by **knibs7** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 2:09 am

Nicolas Jones wrote:Hello, thanks for the pictures.

Your jacket looks great but I would need to have ot in front of my eyes before buying it.
Since this is not possible I have to say I wont buy this jacket from you. Sorry

nico

... random

Kyle