Predistressed Yes or No?

Discuss all of the intricacies of the jacket in full detail

Moderators: Indiana Jeff, Mike, Indydawg

Captain D
Professor of Archaeology
Professor of Archaeology
Posts: 1045
Joined: Mon Jul 08, 2002 1:22 pm
Location: York County, PA

Re: Predistressed Yes or No?

Post by Captain D »

I dig the pre-distressed cowhide, lol. What size do you wear? If anything, I'd consider buying it off of you, perhaps. Thanks!
xmasters
Dig Leader
Dig Leader
Posts: 553
Joined: Mon Mar 27, 2017 3:50 am
Location: UK

Re: Predistressed Yes or No?

Post by xmasters »

I think that looks cool. The pre-distressed jackets won't really look movie accurate at all, even if they are a bit darker.
Marv
Laboratory Technician
Laboratory Technician
Posts: 121
Joined: Thu Nov 02, 2006 3:37 am
Location: England

Re: Predistressed Yes or No?

Post by Marv »

no predistressing for myself, I prefer to do this through good old fashioned hard wearing. :-k
xmasters
Dig Leader
Dig Leader
Posts: 553
Joined: Mon Mar 27, 2017 3:50 am
Location: UK

Re: Predistressed Yes or No?

Post by xmasters »

We all do. You'd have to do some extremely hard wearing for the jacket to end up looking like it does in Temple or Last Crusade though.
User avatar
Kubrik
Laboratory Technician
Laboratory Technician
Posts: 136
Joined: Fri Aug 28, 2009 9:53 am

Re: Predistressed Yes or No?

Post by Kubrik »

I read somewhere that shoe polish was used on the original raiders jacket.

Has anybody tried using dark brown shoe polish on their predistressed cowhide?

Does it change the color permanently?

Would it ruin the jacket?

:-k
User avatar
Indiana Jeff
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 10204
Joined: Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:59 am
Location: TX Panhandle

Re: Predistressed Yes or No?

Post by Indiana Jeff »

I haven't tried shoe polish, but I wouldn't recommend it. It most likely won't hurt the leather, but there is a good chance it will rub off on everything. Hence the need to polish shoes over time.

I had a briefcase I wanted to darken and asked a leather shop if shoe polish would work and they said only if I wanted the legs of my trousers to get stained everyday.

Regards,

Indiana Jeff
User avatar
IndyFan89
Professor of Archaeology
Professor of Archaeology
Posts: 1135
Joined: Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:17 pm
Location: Southern California
Contact:

Re: Predistressed Yes or No?

Post by IndyFan89 »

Kt Templar wrote:LOL yes it's only a little work, but no sandpaper needed at all.

This this technique works well on pre-d leathers but also on the standard lamb. Not tried it on cow or horse.

Water + dish soap as a lubricant, well wetted green dish scrubber, wet the outside of the jacket well then soak the scrubber in the water dish soap mix and scrub away then rinse well with clean cold water. The raised lines on the Smithsonian shows that a very similar technique was used as the wetted leather bunches up and catches in exactly the same way.

Start gently, wait for the jacket to dry to see how much you've taken back and then repeat.

Image

Image
Was he jacket pictured here pre-d lamb from wested? I’m noticing some people saying it’s too light but this particular jacket is a great color.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
User avatar
Castor Dioscuri
Expeditionary Hero
Expeditionary Hero
Posts: 2179
Joined: Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:52 am

Re: Predistressed Yes or No?

Post by Castor Dioscuri »

I used to be a fan of undistressed, but considering my lifestyle, I don't see myself wearing a jacket long enough for it to get distressed to the point I want it to be. I either get bored of it before then, or it falls apart, or I just grow too fond of the pristine look.

With that said, I should point out that by predistressed,I don't mean the uniform distressing crud. I hate that stuff. But I love it when predistressing is done as an art form.
Metallicuda
Archaeology Student
Archaeology Student
Posts: 31
Joined: Sat Mar 24, 2018 10:44 am
Location: Oklahoma

Re: Predistressed Yes or No?

Post by Metallicuda »

Going to try to resurrect this thread. Does anybody have a recent (late 2018) Wested predistressed picture? Thinking about a LC in predistressed.
Lunacyfringeam
Dig Worker
Dig Worker
Posts: 19
Joined: Mon Nov 05, 2018 12:46 pm

Re: Predistressed Yes or No?

Post by Lunacyfringeam »

If no one can provide input on Westeds' current predistressed stock i would suggest emailing them directly. I'm sure they'd be happy to send some pictures.
Also, another thing to consider if the distressed look is what you want is Magnolis white label offering. It comes highly recommended and even though I chose to go with the Wested LC hero it was a close call for me.
User avatar
JC1972
Professor of Archaeology
Professor of Archaeology
Posts: 1134
Joined: Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:38 pm
Location: Lake Mary, FL

Re: Predistressed Yes or No?

Post by JC1972 »

Anyone have the Wested predistressed lamb? Thinking of getting one for LC, wondering how it is
xmasters
Dig Leader
Dig Leader
Posts: 553
Joined: Mon Mar 27, 2017 3:50 am
Location: UK

Re: Predistressed Yes or No?

Post by xmasters »

It's not suitable for a LC in terms of color. Dark Brown Novapelle would give a better look. I would wait for the legacy jacket though.
Post Reply