Club Obi Wan

Hi@ll,

I'm willing to order another Wested Raiders Jacket. I still own a 4 years old lambskin LC jacket.

Which of the currently available leathers were the most durable?
My favorite is horsehide.
Or would you recommend cowhide? Does anybody has a picture of cow and horse for me?

I also have a "Cockpit" G-1 Flight - jacket in Goatskin (very durable) but this leather won't show much wear (patina).

And why isn't it possible to order Temple jacket anymore?

thanx
regards
cris

There are pictures of a variety of types sprinkled throughout this forum. My own cowhide is at http://indygear.com/cow/viewtopic.php?p ... ht=#364570

Here't the jacket of my dreams: viewtopic.php?t=25344
(horse hide)

Regards,

Marc

Does anybody has a picture of cow and horse for me?

Okay, somebody HAD to do this, so it might as well be me:

Is that horse authentic brown? What about the cow, predistressed??

Not to beat a dead horse again and again, but the current horsehide from Peter does NOT have that reddish undertone Also mine has black D-rings over these shiny ones...

Anyway, it's a good example on how natural the tapered sleeves look.

The cow looks to be a bit baggy, whereas I prefer the slim fit.

Regards,

Marc

Kind of an open ended question.....if the HH is your favorite (as is mine) go for it. You won't be disapointed. There are plenty of pics of both...just take some time and search.

In all seriousness, here is a Wested HH jacket for real: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9911326@N0 ... 802861185/

Marc wrote:Not to beat a dead horse again and again

When I taught at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in the late '80s, someone put a sign up on the classroom wall that read, "No horse is so dead that it can't be beaten at least a little more."

RockBottom wrote: When I taught at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in the late '80s, someone put a sign up on the classroom wall that read, "No horse is so dead that it can't be beaten at least a little more."

That just made my day.

I prefer not to “beat a dead horse”, as that tends to scar the leather. But, in a related note, and in an attempt to further derail this thread, I would like to point out that the corporate world has several tried and true strategies for “riding a dead horse”:

1. Form a quality circle to improve dead horses
2. Revisit the performance requirements for horses
3. Appoint a committee to study the horse
4. Appoint a tiger team to revive the dead horse
5. Create a training session to increase employee riding ability
6. Do a case study to see if contractors can ride it cheaper
7. Tie the dead horse to your best horse, so that you have two average horses
8. Declare that, "No dead horse is too dead to beat."
9. Provide additional funding to increase the horse's performance
10. Declare the horse is "better, faster, and cheaper" dead
11. Say, "This horse was procured with cost as an independent variable"
12. Promote the dead horse to a supervisory position
13. Give the dead horse early retirement and rehire him as a consultant
14. Build a wagon to carry the dead horse and rider
15. Purchase a product to make dead horses run faster
16. Transfer the dead horse to a job in which movement is not required
17. Transfer the dead horse to a location where no one will notice he is dead
18. Transfer the dead horse to personnel department
19. Assign an ambitious subordinate to the dead horse and then yell at the sub for lack of progress
20. Assign the dead horse a temporary replacement until his condition improves
21. Loan the dead horse to a co-worker and tell them that he was OK the last time you rode him
22. Assign the dead horse to the backup team

and my personal favorite:

23. Declare that as the dead horse does not have to be fed, it is less costly, carries lower overhead, and therefore contributes substantially more to the bottom line of the company than do some other horses

OK, back on topic:

viewtopic.php?t=23073

viewtopic.php?t=25405


- Mac