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Wested would add a rectangular leather patch on the inside of the jacket under the pocket stretching to the bottom seam?



I have whip damage which has wore a huge hole in the lining of my wested, from wearing the whip.

They'll do anything, but they'll charge you.

O_O Great Oden's raven!!! How do you wear your whip??? Mine doesn't rub against my jacket hardly at all...
here's how my whip sits:



In Christ,
Shane

Shane, is that the bag I see there? My bag usually hangs over the whip when I wear it, so the whip seldom hits the inside of my jacket. That said, it'd probably be easier and cheaper (think shipping!) to go to a local tailor and have him or her sew in a patch of some sort. Personbally, I think you'd want to stick with fabric over a leather patch, but that's me.

EDIT: and noticing where you live, shipping might not be an issue!

Thanks guys...I forgot to mention for my next jacket....

binkmeisterRick wrote:Shane, is that the bag I see there?

Bink: viewtopic.php?t=22110

In Christ,
Shane

You made me look!

Anyhow, back the the thread topic...

Yikes! Your whip did that? Well, I've never had that problem myself. But if it's happened before, you should probably have Wested put the patch in.

WOW! What is the whip made out of chain link? Seriously, which whip do you have that has done that kind of damage? How often do you wear your whip with the jacket? I don't think I have ever seen that type of damage.

Bufflehead Jones wrote:WOW! What is the whip made out of chain link?

Sure, why not?

Actually, that's pretty interesting. Not something many people would have though.

Regardless of HOW it happened, yeah, I think that's what they'd do, but if you ARE close enough...I'd just stop by the shop and ask.

Or were you trying to figure out the method so you could give it a shot yourself?

(P.S. Bink, Shane got me with that one, too...)

Newcastle is about as far away from the shop as it's possible to be in England! About 350 miles....

Indiana Jerry wrote:(P.S. Bink, Shane got me with that one, too...)

Like I said... workin' on my masters.

Anyway - if anything shoot them an email or call them and see how much it would cost to have them do it, and if you disagree with the price, you can find somebody else. Just do some recon first and see what you're in for. Then make your move.

In Christ,
Shane

djd wrote:Newcastle is about as far away from the shop as it's possible to be in England! About 350 miles....

See, and those two dots looks so close together on my globe... Understood, thanks for the geo lesson.

Good point. A local military base ought to have a qualified leather repair.

djd wrote:Newcastle is about as far away from the shop as it's possible to be in England! About 350 miles....
See, and those two dots looks so close together on my globe... Understood, thanks for the geo lesson.

S'ok By US standards I guess it's not that far...

Ooops, sorry about that, I originally put my reply RIGHT IN your post. Bad mod, bad. Still getting used to the new buttons, sorry about that. I restored your original post above, and moved my reply down to my other reply for continuity.

Sorry again about that...I need more sleep/coffee.

WOW, you can see right through to daylight there!

Wested will completely reline the jacket for £25ish, you might want to look into the cotton lining, or they do have a harder wearing all nylon material (other than the the satin) - Peter doesn't like using the nylon because it looks a bit "Cheap".

I'd also see if they have any suggestion for reinforcing that particular point for you as it has worn through particularly quickly.

Mountaineer Lasher wrote:

Bufflehead Jones wrote:WOW! What is the whip made out of chain link?

Sure, why not?

Ouch!

Anyway, that's insane! I had no idea a WHIP could do
such a thing to the lining of a jacket.

Thanks for all the replies guys....I like the relining idea, but add a strengthener.

It's actually caused by a culmination of rubbing on the bad strap at the metal circular link and the top of the whip holder. Mostly the top of the whip holder since I wear the gunbelt a lot, and I think that in combination with cycling rubs the fabric away.

I think the top hole is stuff in my inner pocket rubbing against the bag strap and the lower hole is the whip holder damage.

And to think I havent had this jacket long.

regards,

I had the satin lining in my sleeves and it tore like that from normal wear in about 6 months. I sent it back to Wested and they replaced the sleeve lining with cotton and had my jacket back to me quick. If I were you, I would have them replace the lining with cotton. Its much more durable (and comfortable in my opinion).

In my opinion, having a hole in your Wested is as good a reason as any to get another one (Wested or not)

IndyMcFly wrote:O_O Great Oden's raven!!! How do you wear your whip??? Mine doesn't rub against my jacket hardly at all...
here's how my whip sits:



In Christ,
Shane

What I want to know is, are you trying to lift that woman's red purse?

djd wrote:

djd wrote:Newcastle is about as far away from the shop as it's possible to be in England! About 350 miles....
See, and those two dots looks so close together on my globe... Understood, thanks for the geo lesson.

S'ok By US standards I guess it's not that far...

yes, that distance is for NEIGHBORS