S&J ToD HERO VERSION: MY DISTRESSING

[Indiana Croft]

Indiana Croft wrote:
Thank you sir.
Been messing around with my ToD S&J
Didn't like how it looked with the sand paper, the grey undertone bothers me.
After wearing my Truck Chase from S&J with the lovely brown undertones.
So I hit with brown Pecard's, and some light distressing and that's it.
May think about selling it and get another, but this time see if they can do it with the brown undertones.
We'll see.

Croft

NOTE: this is from another post on the Bill Kelso Fortune And Glory Jacket Post.
Would like to see the result!
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I'd asked knibs7 how he did his distressing on his BK ToD

And Diego asked/mentioned.
Your ToD jacket is one of the last we did with old Lambskin stock.
We now use the same kind of leather as per RAIDERS jackets.
Only slightly thinner.

With brown undertones.

Regards.-

And it was mentioned I should start a new thread, just so I could show how mine S&J ToD came out.
So hear I am.
When I received my S&J ToD originally, I always felt it needed more, I studied the movie screen caps and started to work on it.
I sort of probably ruined the had work of Diego.
Then they came out with the Truck Chase and it's been my primary go to.
So I started in my ToD, gave the water treatment (sorry Diego) and threw it the dryer to see what would happen.
Not much, so in with the sandpaper of may grits from 100 to 600.
To much grey started to show and I didn't like it. So I'd bought some Pecard brown and gave it a good coat and let it soak in.
Now the jacket was a more uniform brown with light distressing showing through. Did some light work and it's now a jacket I'll wear.
If I sell it to buy another S&J, my concern is they now can do it with the brown undertones, but would I feel it be just another Truck Chase, but in ToD pattern.

Here it is when I first got it.


And these were taken today 11-4-20












The distressing is not harder to see unless your really up close, so it's the looks the part of jacket that has been distressing on it's own with out any help.

Thoughts

Croft

[Thee]

Jacket actually looks more distressed in the pic where you first got it. Maybe it was the pecards you applied later or something.

[Indiana Croft]

Oh it was definitely more distressed when first received.
The brown Pecards sorta filled it in.
But when I try to distress it now it just looks like all I’m doing it taking off the surface, but in a way it doesn’t looked distressed.
Other than going to the sand pit and crawling around on the sand.



I might even try that.

Croft

[Canyon]

Croft, excuse me if I am repeating myself, but that is an absolute gorgeous jacket!!! The distressing job is terrific and looks on point.

[xmasters]

I prefer the way it looked when you first got it. It looked like the jacket out of the last scene of the movie.

[Indiego Jones]

Dear Croft,
Thanks for posting the pictures.
It's a nice job on the leather.
The brown Pecards "soften" -so to speak- the distressing marks.
That's why it looks less distressed than before.
Cheers.-

[Indiana Croft]

Thanks Canyon, yes it's wearable and as Diego said, the Brown Pecards does soften it up.
More uniform.
But distressing the natural way may "BE THE WAY"
And yes xmasters, I to liked the way it was, I just had to go and try to improve something that didn't need improving. Now I can only hope the it distress quicker.
Future is always in motion.

Croft

[whiskyman]

I was lucky enough to see and try on the TOD jacket when it was in the possession of Noel Howard - it was extremely distressed, rather dry and a lot lighter in colour than in the movie.
Your jacket looks great and the before picture especially so - though the after pics are also great.

[marker2037]

Both renditions look great Croft, but if I had to choose, I think I prefer the before photos.

I'd love to own one either way though.

[Canyon]

I was lucky enough to see and try on the TOD jacket when it was in the possession of Noel Howard - it was extremely distressed, rather dry and a lot lighter in colour than in the movie.
Your jacket looks great and the before picture especially so - though the after pics are also great.

That's awesome!

Great to see you here, whiskyman!!

[davidpatrick007]

Are any of your guys selling your Todd's Jacket? Been looking for one XL or 2XX.

Dave