Club Obi Wan

Hi.
I experimented with my destroyed jacket.
SA flaps is hard to find on standard jackets from wested unless you ask for it.

so what did I do when I wanted close SA flaps.

I boiled water and soaked the flaps in the hot water.left it until it was soaked thru.I then started shaping the flaps.....very easy......pull the corners and hold it until it gets the shape you want the shape you want....hold it until its almost dry.....when dryed out they stay in the shape you have made


what do you think?any comments are most welcome

wested standard flap on the left and hot water shaped flap on the right


bests
Holt

Smukt

Will it stay like that after you add Pecard to give something back to the leather after cooking it?

Regards,

Marc

I am very shure it will.I have not tryed it yet.but leather is very shapeable when wet and when it dries out it will remain in the new shape.

like embossing leather bound books or different leather items for that matter
it's kinda done in the same way.they soak it out and lay a carved out pattern on it and when it dries it stays that way.

thanks
Eric

Marc wrote:Smukt :D

Will it stay like that after you add Pecard to give something back to the leather after cooking it?

Regards,

Marc

Yes, they do stay in that shape. Platon showed us this around a year ago - is that where you found the idea, Holt?. Quite possibly the idea came to you on your own. Either way, it's a brilliant solution to an ongoing problem.

It works well,my pocket flaps were very poor. No shape AT ALL. They now look properly shaped. My leather is goat. You can do it in cold water too.


Cheers - CM

no,I got to talk with my grandpa about leather and stuff a while ago....Old man you know...know's alot....anyways,he said do like this and that and voila...finito,...new pocket flaps.he said this was done very much in the older days and worked very well


but cool that somebody else has showen this before

thanks
Holt

Your grandfather sounds like a wise man. By the way, are you from Norway or Holland - if you don't mind me asking?

I dont mind at all

I was born in Amsterdam Holland...moved to Norway when I was 8 years old...I am now 28.

but i am still on vacations once a year in holland-Amsterdam my country you know....I love it

bests
Eric

Goed om te horen, Holt.

hey.nog en nederlander.leuk man


Eric

Beautiful!

CM wrote:Your grandfather sounds like a wise man.

I must agree!

I wish that you would go to work for Peter so that all Wested pockets could look like that.

- Mac

Holt,

Just wondering what you use to hold the shape? Do you use something like tape? or blow-dry it and hold it by hand? I know you can't sit there holding it with your fingers while it dries over three days.

Thanks,

Rex

Brilliant !!!

can't wait to try this on soon to be my new wested !!! Thanks man !

bigrex wrote:Holt,

Just wondering what you use to hold the shape? Do you use something like tape? or blow-dry it and hold it by hand? I know you can't sit there holding it with your fingers while it dries over three days.

Thanks,

Rex

after I pulled down the collar I left it to dry-air dry that is.....
I wanted to experiment if this could be done like this and see if the flap returned to its normal shape without holding it and forcing it to stay in the new shape........It has been a couple dayes after it dryed out..I tried to pull on it and abuse it to see if the shape became more like the original shape again.......and it did not....it stayes like this now...just like my grandfather said...leather is very shapeable when wet and when dry it has a new shape forever

but I am sure you can help it dry with a hair dryer.
Holt

one thing guys...if you gonna try it I boiled water first took the water of the stove and put the pocket flap in it.I did not boil the flap..

and you can also use cold water as said above.

tha main thing is just soak it...I used boiled water cause I thought it would work better when it's soaked and HOT

Holt

Nice work Holt! (I'm sure it's just a matter of time before you start making jackets from scratch! I'd buy a Holt Indy jacket )

Tron

Tron7960 wrote:Nice work Holt! (I'm sure it's just a matter of time before you start making jackets from scratch! I'd buy a Holt Indy jacket )

Tron

yeah right man...you cracked me up........ hmmm but I have to admit....I like the sound of that. a Holt Jacket.hehe


thanks by the way
Eric

Just remember a $discount for the guy who gave you the idea!

Indiana Holt wrote:hey.nog en nederlander.leuk man :wink:


Eric

Ik ben ook an Nederlander.

CM wrote:

Indiana Holt wrote:hey.nog en nederlander.leuk man


Eric

Ik ben ook an Nederlander.

No WAY ! Well also goedendag to you then;)

CM wrote:

Indiana Holt wrote:hey.nog en nederlander.leuk man


Eric

Ik ben ook an Nederlander.

ben je der ook een?nou...wat leuk man.hehe
eric

You guys are being too "technical" for me. It's almost like you're speaking another language!
Hopefully your jacket ordering website will be in English!

sorry Tron...

got a bit suprised by the many dutchmen there is on this site..got caugth up in the moment...

on to the english again


bests
Holt

No problem, I'm just kidding around!

I've got nothing but respect and admiration for you multi-lingual folks

Wish I was one of em'

Tron

yeah thought so but I guess I have been lucky with the languages earlier in my childhood cause of knowing different cultures

I speak scandinavian.dutch,english and a little bit of deutch and arabic

bests
Holt

i did something similar, i had drenched my jacket in the shower with hot water, and thrown it in the dryer some. When it came out it was still damp, and i was able to remold my pockets as well.

Well, That seems to have done the trick. Good job!

Cheers!

Dan