Club Obi Wan

Posted: **Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:59 pm**

8 years after I bought my pre-distressed cow Wested, it's time for me to start looking for another jacket. My current jacket will probably last another 8 years, although the lining is starting to fail in places. I'm thinking that I might go with something on the other end of the leather scale, and try lamb. I was thinking of going with goat, but when I need something that can take a lot of punishment, I'll just grab my cow. I've got an urge for something soft. Something that won't put up a fight when I want it to lie a certain way.

Wested, G&B and Magnoli are all attractive choices to me, but can anyone tell me how their lamb offerings compare to one another? Also, what's the difference between Wested's Authentic Brown Lamb and Dark Brown Lamb?

Posted: **Tue Jun 10, 2008 3:18 pm**

Can you post a pic of your 8 y.o. predistressed cowhide? I've just bought one and I'm curious to see how it looks after 8 years. Thanks.

Posted: **Tue Jun 10, 2008 3:34 pm**

Will do. I'll get a photo of it tonight.

Posted: **Tue Jun 10, 2008 3:36 pm**

Thanks!!

Posted: **Tue Jun 10, 2008 4:08 pm**

Who makes the best lamb? I'd say the Greek restraunt a couple of blocks away from my house

Posted: **Tue Jun 10, 2008 4:57 pm**

indy89 wrote:Who makes the best lamb? I'd say the Greek restraunt a couple of blocks away from my house

The Persian restaurant in my neighborhood makes a good char-broiled goat head......yummy!

Posted: **Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:33 pm**

mommy and daddy sheep.

Posted: **Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:30 pm**

Strones, here's the pictures I promised. Just a few days ago I treated the jacket with Pecards so it's a lot more shiney than usual--we've had nothing but rain for weeks and it needed to be done. The flash and angle at which the light hits the leather really enhances the difference colour in each panel, but in real life you'd hardly notice.

Posted: **Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:37 pm**

Falstaff...a great beer and now a great jacket!

-Nebraska

Posted: **Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:50 pm**

Wow... I really, really, really like the look of that jacket! And this is coming from a guy who touts the benefits of preserving the pristine look of a new jacket!

That jacket simply screams ADVENTURE to me!

Posted: **Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:57 pm**

You should have seen it before this years Pecard's treatment. It looked very Last Crusade.

This is the reason why I'm interested in going with a lambskin jacket now. I've already got a bulletproof one, now I want something softer and just a little more screen accurate in fit.

Any suggestions?

Posted: **Wed Jun 11, 2008 1:39 pm**

You know, you could always be an Indygear pioneer and order a Nowak lamb jacket!

Posted: **Wed Jun 11, 2008 6:19 pm**

I don't see why TN wouldn't do that. I've been thinking about doing the same actually...

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:09 am**

indy89 wrote:Who makes the best lamb? I'd say the Greek restraunt a couple of blocks away from my house

was thinking about the same thing but I was thinking about the Egyptian joint just a few blocks further.

Sorry, went way offtopic

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2008 12:40 pm**

Originally I would have said G&B made a better impression on me than, say, what Wested was offering...but the Italian lambskin that Peter has been able to get his custom's made has really tilted my opinion back in Wested's direction.

I'd say it would be a dead heat between the two if I had to make a decision today. Remember, I'm referring to his custom jackets, not his off the rack jackets. I'm not sure WHERE that leather comes from.

Regards! Michaelson

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2008 12:49 pm**

westeds prewashed vegetable tanned lambskin.......if you can live with the reddish caramelly colour. i'd put the weight of the hide in the ranks of cowskin. definitely more robust than the novapelle and their chrome tanned lamb......kind of like lamb on steroids.

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:12 pm**

Indiana G wrote:westeds prewashed vegetable tanned lambskin.......if you can live with the reddish caramelly colour. i'd put the weight of the hide in the ranks of cowskin. definitely more robust than the novapelle and their chrome tanned lamb......kind of like lamb on steroids.

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Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:21 pm**

That looks like a lamb on steroids.

I really like the lambskin Peter is getting from Wested for the customs, I got a custom lambskin about almost 2 months back and it is an awesome jacket. I say right now is a good time to get one from Wested, with the dollar and pound exchange right now. I am not sure if Peter is taking customs again since he was busy about 2 months ago. But I say Wested and that is my opinion.

IndianaChris

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2008 1:51 pm**

Castor Dioscuri wrote:
Indiana G wrote:westeds prewashed vegetable tanned lambskin.......if you can live with the reddish caramelly colour. i'd put the weight of the hide in the ranks of cowskin. definitely more robust than the novapelle and their chrome tanned lamb......kind of like lamb on steroids.
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I'm concerned about what is going on at the other end????!!!

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2008 2:17 pm**

Nothing. It just overheard that some guy by the name of Peter Botwright was stopping by the farm for a visit...that's all.

Regards! Michaelson

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2008 2:30 pm**

Michaelson wrote:Nothing. It just overheard that some guy by the name of Peter Botwright was stopping by the farm for a visit...that's all.

Regards! Michaelson

Good one.

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2008 2:31 pm**

Posted: **Thu Jun 12, 2008 4:20 pm**

Falstaff wrote:
Castor Dioscuri wrote:
Indiana G wrote:westeds prewashed vegetable tanned lambskin.......if you can live with the reddish caramelly colour. i'd put the weight of the hide in the ranks of cowskin. definitely more robust than the novapelle and their chrome tanned lamb......kind of like lamb on steroids.
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I'm concerned about what is going on at the other end????!!!

that's the best one i heard today!!!!