Newly acquired Wested Last Crusade in Pre distressed cowhide

[Bradsburns]

Well Gents, I finally have my dream jacket in my sweaty idol grabbing hands. After months of checking ebay everyday and politely hounding folks on this forum I finally came across what I was after. Its a Wested pre distressed cowhide size 40 last crusade cut. Was very nervous about how it would fit. Measuring myself over and over again...."is 24 inches going to be long enough in the arm....hmmmm ummmm". and so on and so forth. In the end I'm very happy. The colour is great, leather is superb. A good weight to it as well. I found the lamb a little on the light side. This jacket feels like I could take it on adventures for many years. Have a look at the pics and let me know your thoughts.

[backstagejack]

Looking good!!!

[CM]

Nice looking jacket, great fit.

[Glenville86]

Great looking jacket and the fit is excellent - congratulations.

[Captain D]

Great hide indeed & congrats! I too own a LC pre-distressed cowhide and I, personally, can't imagine going with anything else if I were to ever purchase another Wested Indy jacket.

As a side note - if you ever feel that the color is a tad too light brown, you can use the Pecard's jell to darken it up (minus the seams for the perfect LC look, ). However, I've noticed that the standard Pecard's jell didn't 'keep' the jacket dark for very long based on my own experiences. To remedy the issue, I then opted for the Pecard's black tinted leather treatment. At first, I was weary of making the jacket 'too dark' for the black tint kinda scared me off a bit but I'm so glad that I went that route.

Upon first application (minus the seams), the tinted jell did make the jacket very dark (like Wested's dark-brown lambskin) but within a day or two - you truly began to see the brown highlights underneath peaking through...making the jacket not only a little darker in color, but also look amazingly aged through the darker tint and what I personally see when I watch Last Crusade. Moreover, with the standard Pecard's jell I found myself treating the jacket like every 2-3 months just to 'keep' it darker. But, with the tinted Pecard's...its been over a year since I treated it as a little goes a LONG way and it shows no sign of my having to re-treat it any time soon! As the tint 'EVER SO GRADUALLY' begins to fade, the jacket just keeps getting better and better looking indeed. To me - I like this feature for it: 1.) darkens up the pre-distressed cowhide for those who like their jackets a little darker in color, 2.) The tint has great 'staying power' in the hide to keep in nourished longer, 3.) And, because it has better staying power vs. the standard jell, I'm saving both time and money in having to keep reapplying a jacket treatment product. Just my experiences to share w/ those who may be interested...

Anyhow, I apologize for the lengthy reply, lol, and congrats again on a fine jacket!

Best wishes,
Aaron

[Indiana Jeff]

The jacket does look nice. Well done completing your hunt.


A quick note on Pecards since it was mentioned. The standard dressing will not significantly change the color of jackets. That's why they have tinted options. The standard dressing may temporarily darken the leather, but as the dressing is absorbed/"dries" the color will go back to what it was before application. That's actually the main selling point of the standard dressing, you can treat your leather to condition it, but it won't change the look of the leather long term.


Regards,

Indiana Jeff

[Charybdis]

Looks great!

[Forrest For the Trees]

Looks most excellent. I love the appearance of that leather. Enjoy!

[Bradsburns]

Yes I thought the leather might be too light in colour when I was looking at pics online. But there was one indoor pic that looked so good so I took the leap. The colour for me is pretty close to perfect, I could use it a tad darker but only slightly so probably won't go down the pecards route. The pics above were taken in bright midday sun, so is a little darker in person.

that fed Iv does need a darker ribbon however....

[Tyrloch]

That new jacket is in dire need of some wrinkles!! Other than that, it looks great!!

[car96]

Looks really good! I have the same jacket,same hide, but mine is too short.

Nice jacket!

[Bradsburns]

Thanks for the compliments. I'll be wearing it in public at a convention at the end of the month. Good times

[giantthugee86]

Well Gents, I finally have my dream jacket in my sweaty idol grabbing hands. After months of checking ebay everyday and politely hounding folks on this forum I finally came across what I was after. Its a Wested pre distressed cowhide size 40 last crusade cut. Was very nervous about how it would fit. Measuring myself over and over again...."is 24 inches going to be long enough in the arm....hmmmm ummmm". and so on and so forth. In the end I'm very happy. The colour is great, leather is superb. A good weight to it as well. I found the lamb a little on the light side. This jacket feels like I could take it on adventures for many years. Have a look at the pics and let me know your thoughts.

What's the back length?

[Bradsburns]

Back length is 26 inches. Spot on I reckon.

[Holt]

Yes, spot on.

Very nice jacket. Should look very nice in a few years. Enjoy.