Club Obi Wan

Does anybody know what exactly Peter Botwright does to his pre-distressed jackets to make them look so well aged? Does he do it to other hides or only the cowhide? Hope you can chime in on this one Mr. Botwright and give us a distressing template.

As I understand it, Peter doesn't do anythign to the hides. He has simply sourced pre-distressed hide in the same way he has sourced authentic lamb, authentic goat, etc.

So whatever the process that is done to the hide would be completed by the time Peter and Wested receive the hide.

Ken

Really, because I could swear I remember hearing that he stuffed the jacket in a pillow case, and gave it a round in a washing machine full of pebbles. :junior: -IJ

I would think he sources the pre-distressed leather also, but I don't know that for a fact.

On the indygear main site,Abner mentions that the reason his predistressed jacket is so light in colour in the picture is because it was left too long in the distressing machine,also just below that, _ says that he had ordered a predistressed jacket but Peter forgot to put it through the dryer so he got his without distressing..I'm guessing from this that Peter distresses the hides in shop.

Maybe that's what used to be done - I know it's been said before that , as Ken mentioned, Peter receives the hides already distressed.

If he does it in the shop then why he doesnt offer predistressed lamb, or goat etc and only offers cowhide?

The leather comes pre-distressed and is made up as is. There is no further treatment. The wolverine jacket is made from the same stuff. Cowhide only.



It looks like it would make a ok basis for a LC jacket, but it does not drape like the Raiders or TOD at all.