Club Obi Wan

There, I said it. I'm going after another jacket. Hopefully Peter will be at the QM and I will be measured for a new jacket. I want it slimmer(in the slim pattern) but I want it somewhat durable if not rally durable and I want it to distress well. My last two jackets have been cowhide, not much of a distresser, although my latest has been showing wear signs.
What shall I do? If I get lamb, I'll just hang on to the oversized cow I have currently to wear in the mountains. But I'd like an all-purpose jacket, you know, in order to fullfill my ten year old fantasy of being a world travelled archeologist. Even though I'm a puppeteer in Anaheim, who's most recent adventurous experience to date has been being shot with a suction-cup dart gun outside an acting studio in Burbank.
Help.

Goat can't distress like lamb as when the surface comes off its just a grey colour underneath. The lambskin is the best for distressing and the predistressed cowhide also has the lighter colour underneath.

Ken

Thank you, Indiana Ken. Lamb it is! I've been tearing myself apart over this for a few months now. You have given me the exact answer I have sought.
Good day to you.
-Capkimmel.

Although, to throw a wrench in the works...

The new authentic goat is said to have no gray undertones and matches in color to the authentic lamb.

Just more fuel for the fire.

Mike

Ah-ha! Then to you Mike, I ask, Does it distress as easily as lamb? I also like a darker brown than the authentic. I know it isn't entirely screen accurate, but to me the jacket will always be a little darker than it actually was. And I'll say it, I liked the more rounded edged cargo pockets.
Thanks for your respnse, M.

CapKimmel

I prefer the darker brown myself. I have seen the authentic in person and when I first saw it, maybe it was the artificial light (it was night time) but it did seem a bit grey to me. Now admittedly when I watched Raiders again and conpared it to the opening scene it was a pretty much dead match colour wise but personally for scenes like the truck chase I prefer the original dark brown myself.

Ken

CapKimmel wrote:Ah-ha! Then to you Mike, I ask, Does it distress as easily as lamb?

In terms of "easiness," goat is much tougher than lamb so it will take much more to distress a goat. Already mentioned were the color of the highlights so if it's just 'how easy' it is to distress the hide, lambskin will distress more quickly b/c it is nowhere near as durable as goatskin.

Let us know what you decide,

I.J.

Well, your question to me has been aptly answered, so please do let us know what you decide.

As for the shades of gray, I'm still waiting for samples of Peter's authentic hides, so I'm not too sure about that. But I do recall somewhere it mentioned that he fixed the gray tones.

Mike