Naturally Distressing A Wested

Indiana Neri · Post by **Indiana Neri** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 5:09 pm

I have a question, my Raiders Wested lamb that I had for a few years is starting to distress, nicley I might add (here's to you, Michaelson

). My question is kind-of difficult to explain, so bare with me. The leather around the shoulders, storm flap, cuffs, and bottom, as well as the back of the jacket is starting to look worn (heck, that is the general idea, right?). However, the leather does not look like the leather of an artificially distressed jacket. What I mean is the Indy "hero" jacket looks like a tan-ish color where the distressing is, where mine looks grey-ish. Does any of this make sense? I sure hope it does. I have had the jacket for 3-4 years now and I have worn it through a rainsorm or two, off-roading through mud (after the rainstorms lol), as well as rubbing my back against the concrete walls of my school (don't hate me, Michaelson

), not to mention good, ol' everyday useage. I think it looks rather nice for a Raiders jacket. Also, the storm flap doesn't seem to stay closed either, and the bottom where the zipper is curls up a litlle bit. Do these characteristics have anything to do do with the type of leather?

Indy N.

Post by **Ken** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 5:17 pm

What type of material is it?

I remember MK explained it to me one time as he had had it explained to him by Peter. As I understand it, the way the leather distresses is dependant on the raw, underside of the hide. If you look at a sample of leather and turned it over you would see the raw underside. Now with soem of the leathers (lamb, cow, etc) this is a rich chocolate brown/tan color. In others (the old goat, I think) it is a grey. Now in distressing (I guess whether artificial or natural) what happens is the top side of the leather is removed or worn away to reveal the underside shown through. So the underside determines the color of the lighter, distressed areas.

I hope thats all correct but thats how I understood it anyway.

All the best!

Ken

Indiana Neri · Post by **Indiana Neri** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 5:29 pm

I have the Wested "Raiders" English Lambskin. Does this effect the color?

Indy N.

Post by **Michaelson** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 5:34 pm

That is indeed the characteristic of the English lambskin...a grey underbelly color under the dye, so yes, that's a pretty standard appearance of a naturally (bless you!

) Wested lambskin. Regards. Michaelson

Indiana Neri · Post by **Indiana Neri** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 9:04 pm

Michaelson, I figured you'd be proud of me

. Is there a way to make it the tan-ish color, or am I outta luck?

Indy N.