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GOOD for you, my friend! I'm pleased to read this.

What you will really enjoy is how it will distress on its own with just regular use and wear.

As an example, a LOT of folks have posted tutorials on how to faux distress the sleeve seams on their jackets. Last Thanksgiving I was rooting around in the grocery freezer choosing the best turkey for our Thanksgiving dinner. In moving the nylon wrapped turkeys around, I discovered later that evening that I had acquired the exact same distressing along the sleeve seams from my arms rubbing against the nylon, and all from just using my jacket in a real world activity rather than sandpaper and erasers.

I'm wearing mine today, and believe me.....it grows on you, and will take on your body shape in a matter of a couple of wearings. Really nice leather.

Hope you get to post some photos if you can.

Congratulations!

Regards! Michaelson

Congrats, Howard! I'm very glad the sizing chart came in handy. And yes, please post some pictures!!!

Michaelson wrote:GOOD for you, my friend! I'm pleased to read this.

What you will really enjoy is how it will distress on its own with just regular use and wear.

As an example, a LOT of folks have posted tutorials on how to faux distress the sleeve seams on their jackets. Last Thanksgiving I was rooting around in the grocery freezer choosing the best turkey for our Thanksgiving dinner. In moving the nylon wrapped turkeys around, I discovered later that evening that I had acquired the exact same distressing along the sleeve seams from my arms rubbing against the nylon, and all from just using my jacket in a real world activity rather than sandpaper and erasers.

I'm wearing mine today, and believe me.....it grows on you, and will take on your body shape in a matter of a couple of wearings. Really nice leather.

Hope you get to post some photos if you can.

Congratulations!

Regards! Michaelson

Life is distressing enough on its own So I think I'll let the jacket age at its own pace. Besides, even Indy's jacket was new at some point.

Weathering a hat doesn't bother me. My Indy fedora has the "dust of antiquity" on it, and I did a Butch Cassidy replica hat which looks like it's been through an escape or two from the Super Posse.

But I'd be pretty nervous about doing anything to a leather jacket.

Good man, as that's exactly what I'm recommending.

Allow to age naturally. It will do so on it's own, and very nicely.

Regards! M

Care question, now that I have the darned jacket...

Checking among the various threads and posts, I see mention of Pecards and Lexol leather care products.
I'm sure there's definitive guidance here somewhere, but I have yet to unearth the details.
So...what's the best care product for this lightweight lamb jacket?
And how/how often should it be used?

Thanks!

Best place to post this question is in the 'gear care' section....but quick answer, Lexol is best for lambskin, and it all depends on you and how you use your jacket.

Usually a treatment is required after the jacket gets a good soaking from a rain and has completely air-dried, as water dries out leather. Other than that, usually once or twice a year works fine....right before you store it for the season, and touch up when you get it out for jacket wearing season suffices.

Pecards is a WONDERFUL product, and I've preached of it's 'magical' properties for literally a decade or more....but when it comes to lambskin, unless you have had a little more experience applying it to leather, best not use it on your new jacket. Too much Pecards (and it doesn't take much to BE 'too much' on lambskin), you'll end up with a really tacky surface on your jacket that takes a bit of work to remove and work in. Lambskin is small pored, and Pecards doesn't soak in like it would on cowhide.

Lexol is best for your jacket. Hope that helps.

Regards! Michaelson

Michaelson wrote: Lexol is best for your jacket. Hope that helps.

Regards! Michaelson

Yes, it does indeed help. Thanks

Howard Weinstein wrote:

Michaelson wrote: Lexol is best for your jacket. Hope that helps.

Regards! Michaelson

Yes, it does indeed help. Thanks

Ooops.
I hit "submit" too soon -- in this context, we're presumably talking about Lexol conditioner, not cleaner, correct?
I suppose that might be obvious, but seeing as I'm a leather rookie, better to ask and be sure.

Actually, they make a 'cleaner/conditioner' that works fine.

Just get the standard Lexol lotion used on car leather interiors and you'll be right on target.

Regards! M

Michaelson wrote:Actually, they make a 'cleaner/conditioner' that works fine.

Just get the standard Lexol lotion used on car leather interiors and you'll be right on target.

Regards! M

Thanks, M. That makes it simpler